A man died shortly after he was brought to the hospital in Iasi, while another man was in found in a field in a state a deep coma and having a 42 degrees Celsius fever.

 The UPU-SMURD coordinator in Iasi, Diana Cimpoesu, said that both men were brought to hospital after having suffered from heat and long exposure to the sun.

 A 67-year-old man, who collapsed while working in the field. When the medical crew arrived, the man had a body temperature of 42 degrees Celsius.

 "The patient is in a deep coma. He was brought to us with hyperthermia".

 The high temperatures to which he was exposed influenced not only his central nervous system but also the heart, kidney and liver.

 Another patient who suffered from the heat died shortly after being brought to the same medical unit. A 45-year-old man from Valea Satului village fainted and was found by some fellow-villagers.

 "He was in a coma and had prolonged convulsions." An ambulance crew passing through the area picked up the man who was intubated on the way, and he also had a fever of 42 degrees Celsius. The patient suffered a heart attack, and he did not respond to the resuscitating maneuvers that were combined with attempts to lower his temperature by means of internal and external cooling maneuvers," the coordinator of the UPU SMURD Iaşi, Diana Cimpoesu said.