• Human influence, in particular the burning of fossil fuels has caused global warming (global boiling)
• This climate crisis is a health emergency, it’s effecting physical and mental health of patients globally
• Extreme heat and air pollution increases cardiovascular disease deaths, especially from skin and heart disease but also from heart failure, stroke and cardiac arrest
• It’s important to identify those patients at risk (elderly, young, underlying illness, outside workers, low social economic status) and discuss behavioural and hydration advice and review their medication

 

Host: Dr David Lim | Total Time: 29 mins

Guests: Dr Fiona Foo, Clinical and Interventional Cardiologist

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