Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths
Posted August 11, 2025 4:45 pm.
Last Updated August 11, 2025 4:48 pm.
Montreal’s public health department is asking emergency room doctors to report all deaths suspected of being related to the ongoing heat wave.
Officials issued a notice on Sunday for the city’s ER doctors to contact the department within 24 hours of a death that could be linked to heat.
The department is also asking ERs to report all cases of patients with symptoms of heat stroke.
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Montreal, where temperatures are forecast to reach as high as 34 C for the next two days, and begin to improve Wednesday.
Montreal health officials say there is a significant risk of a rise in deaths, particularly among people with chronic health problems, during periods of extreme heat.
Health officials say that in 2018 a major heat wave in Montreal led to the deaths of 66 people, 26 per cent of whom had schizophrenia.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
