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The leaves are falling, so I only have the fan turned on…I installed the air conditioner.
If you do this, part-time workers in their 20s will hide.
JoongAng Ilbo
2024.08.15 01.01
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A part-time worker in his 20s who was installing an air conditioner in a school cafeteria during a heat wave died from heat-related illness.
According to the South Jeolla Province on the 14th, at around 4:40 pm on the 13th, a report was received that Mr. A (28) was unconscious in the cafeteria of a middle school in Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do. Mr. A was taken to a local hospital in Gwangju by the 119 emergency department dispatched after receiving the report, but was reported to have died around 7:34 PM, three hours later.
Person A is said to have complained of dizziness while working part-time to install an air conditioner in the school cafeteria. Mr. A said that he worked with only the fan on while working. Gwangju and Jeonnam have been under a heat wave warning for the 26th day.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency classified Mr. A’s case as a death from heat illness. This is the second heat-related death in Jeonnam this year. As a result, the number of people suffering from heat-related illnesses in Jeollanam-do increased to 287.