Health experts have warned the people to switch off gas room heaters before going to bed to avoid any untoward incident. Talking to APP here Sunday about recent gas related incidents in some areas, Medical Superintendent General Hospital Dr Muhammad Hassan advised that public must observe safety measures while using gas room heaters to avoid mishaps.
Treatment of the gas-affected patients is very complicated one. He said that before going to bed people should ensure that room heaters are properly switched off and gas supply must be closed at the source to avoid leakages.
Capt Dr Zahoor Ahmad, MS, Governor House Hospital said that majority of the people, use gas-heaters in almost air tight rooms in winter season, which results in gas poisoning and may lead to death due to absence of adequate fresh oxygen intake that causes acute breathing problems.
He stressed that a window or a ventilator must be kept open for adequate intake of oxygen. He said that combustion of natural gas produce carbon monoxide, which is hazardous to life as it destroys red blood cells, which maintain oxygen level in blood. Declined levels of blood oxygen adversely affect entire human body, specially brain, liver, kidney, muscles and the living tissues.