'We thought we were ready': Hospital in France needed fast-food ice for overheated patients

'We thought we were ready': Hospital in France needed fast-food ice for overheated patients

Hospital staff in Paris were forced to collect ice from a fast-food restaurant and a nearby supermarket as the city grappled with a severe heat wave that has been linked to hundreds of deaths. Hospital leaders now warn that such improvised measures could become more common during future summers as healthcare systems prepare for increasingly frequent and intense temperature spikes. What happened? According to a report from The Canadian Press, at …