France urgently purchases 30,000 air conditioners for hospitals to cope with the heatwave.

French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on the 28th that the French government expects the 30,000 air conditioners urgently purchased for hospitals to be delivered in the "coming days" to address the next wave of heatwaves. Rist told a French commercial radio station that not all hospital wards in France have cooling or air conditioning systems. Since France experienced a record heatwave in 2003, some hospitals have been rebuilt or renovated, but some hospitals have not yet completed the renovation. France experienced its highest temperature in nearly 80 years last week. Data from the French Meteorological Department shows that the country's average temperature reached 30 degrees Celsius over a 24-hour period on the 24th. Preliminary data from the French Public Health Agency on the 28th showed a significant increase in deaths during this current heatwave, with over 1,000 excess deaths recorded in just three days from June 24th to 26th. Due to factors such as climate history, building conditions, public policy, and environmental awareness, the penetration rate of air conditioning in France is not high. Data from the French Agency for Environmental and Energy Management shows that the installation rate of air conditioning in households in France is between 18% and 26%.