Paramedics treated nearly 1,900 people during heatwave, emergency service says

The Magen David Adom emergency medical service says 1,871 people required medical attention over the past week amid a record-setting heatwave that swept the country.

The service says this included 579 people who fainted, and 104 who suffered dehydration.

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance seen outside the Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on December 13, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/File)

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