Seven persons with hypothermia were rushed to the hospital by ambulances last week, on December 7-13. The National Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Assistance Center said the patients were aged between 50 and 91 and were from the municipality of Chisinau and from the districts of Cimișlia, Călărași and Drochia. Six of them were hospitalized, IPN reports.

The emergency medical assistance teams last week offered first aid to almost 3,000 persons with cardiovascular emergencies, 39 of whom had acute coronary syndrome. There were recorded almost 2,000 neurological emergencies and 205 strokes.

The ambulance doctors also assisted 46 persons injured in 36 accidents that happened on the national roads. Forty of them were taken to the hospital.

The Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Assistance Service during December 7 – 13 dealt with 15,400 requests, with 4,397 of them referring to respiratory emergencies