Thursday, July 25, 2013

Hot stamp, again ministry hotline 1500 Health - ANSA.it

Into the service starts again from July 26, the Ministry of Health’s toll-free number 1500, as in previous years, will be operational from 8.00 to 18.00 every day (including Saturdays and Sundays) and will provide information directly to citizens bulletins daily forecasting systems and weather alert (active in 27 cities), advice on how to avoid the heat and directions about the services and toll-free numbers are activated during the summer by the regions and the municipalities, in particular to provide support to elderly people and the other subjects more susceptible to the effects of heat. The number” 1500” answers internal staff of the Ministry, qualified and trained, tells a note, to provide answers to requests for b asic information, as well as health managers (doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, chemists, biologists and psychologists) for meet the most demanding needs. The activation decision ‘was taken considering the weather conditions throughout the country, with a gradual increase in temperature, which will record peaks of intense heat even during the end of this week,” with a heat wave with characteristics particularly accentuated both from the point of view of the intensity from that of persistence.”

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