Ambulance Dispatches in Tokyo Hit Record High in Jan – July

From Jiji

August 6 2024

TOKYO – The number of ambulance dispatches in Tokyo in January-July grew 4.4 pct from a year before to 542,256, highest for the seven-month period since the statistics began in 1936, according to the Tokyo Fire Department. 

The result is attributable mainly to an increase in people suffering from heatstroke.

 On July 8, when the Japanese capital logged a temperature of up to 36 degrees Celsius, the daily number of ambulance dispatches came to 3,372, the highest level so far this year and the second-highest daily number on record, according to the department.

Japan’s average temperate last month hit the highest level for July since the statistics started in 1898, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

This July accounted half of the top 10 busiest days in terms of ambulance dispatches, according to the department.