Over 500 heat-related illnesses reported at Deaconess

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — As we power through our 5th heat wave of the summer, doctors are sending a warning to residents who are braving the heat.

Doctors with deaconess are sounding the alarm on heat-related illnesses as the number of cases continues to grow this year. Just within the deaconess health system doctors have recorded more than 500 heat-related illness cases across the Tri-State.

We’re told more than 80 cases have been recorded this month alone. Doctors say that’s already more than 260% more than last September…

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