For the second time this summer in Geneva, the cantonal doctor’s service gives the green light to the activation of the heatlands of municipalities and institutions on Friday. Very high temperatures are expected until Wednesday in the Lake Geneva basin.
In the city of Geneva, the people who registered to benefit from individual follow-up from social service during the hot weather will be contacted daily, including the weekend, the municipality said on Thursday in a statement. It is a question of ensuring their health and well-being state.
Free access to swimming pools
The city of Geneva also offers free access to the mornings in the morning at Vernets and Varembé free access to the people of the morning. The SCALA and North-South cinemas are also free in the afternoons for seniors. The objective is to provide elderly people with fresh places.
Other fresh places that can accommodate the most vulnerable people are also available in the city of Geneva. These are EMS, cafeterias of shopping centers and municipal premises, such as senior city, the ethnography museum or the hall of the Vernets swimming pool. A card lists these fresh spaces.
Drinking
The city of Geneva also strengthens the tours of social service teams to transmit prevention messages, bring drinks and help people who live in the street. The heat wave plan was triggered for the first time this summer between June 28 and July 4. During this period, more than 1000 admissions were recorded in the SCALA and in the North-South.
Holds can have significant consequences, especially for the health of at risk, recalls the Department of Health and Mobility on Thursday. The cantonal doctor’s service insists on the need to protect yourself from heat, hydrate enough and be solidarity with his relatives and neighborhood.
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