Kendra Mendez, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, spoke with NBC10 and Telemundo62 amid an extreme heat wave in the Philadelphia region to discuss the symptoms of heat-related illness and how to stay safe.
IMPORTANT: Beginning at 8:00 AM on July 22, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus (Broad and Ontario Streets) will no longer provide Labor and Delivery services. All childbirth services will be relocated to our new hospital location.
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