Ice baths and ventilators: India's hospitals adapt to killer heat

FILE- A man carries a child, head covered with a towel to protect from the heat, in Jammu, India, June 2, 2024. People cover their heads to shield from the heat as they buy water bottles in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2024.

The Nigerian student only popped out to repair his phone, but he ended up in a New Delhi hospital, the latest victim of a brutal heat wave that has cost scores of lives, sent birds plummeting from the sky and tormented India's poorest workers.