新加坡煙霧指數爆表 危及病人和老年人生命

Singapore's smog index hit the critical 400 level on Friday, making it potentially life-threatening to the ill and elderly people, according to a government monitoring site.

The record level was reached at 11:00am local time (0300 GMT) after a rapid rise in the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI), which measures the haze crisis caused by Indonesian forest fires.

Indonesian and Singaporean officials have been holding emergency talks on how to extinguish the fires on farms and plantations on Sumatra island, which are also affecting Malaysia.

According to Singapore government guidelines, sustained PSI average levels above 400 on a 24-hour basis "may be life-threatening to ill and elderly persons".

General practitioner Philip Koh said he had seen a 20 per cent spike in consultations in the past week, and estimated that about 80 per cent of all his patients are suffering from haze-related ailments.

"My patients are telling me they are worried about how long this is going to last and how much higher this is going to go. It is already high at 400 now, how much higher will it go?" he said.

據《華盛頓郵報》6月21日報道，據新加坡的一個政府監控網站的消息，在6月21日（週五），新加坡的煙霧指數達到了危險級別400，可能對生病或年長者造成生命威脅。

在污染標準指數（Pollutant Standards Index，PSI）急速上升之後，於當地時間11：00達到了創紀錄的高度。這個指數是用於測量印尼森林火災引發霧霾嚴重程度。

印尼和新加坡官員之前一直就在消除蘇門達臘（Sumatra）島的農田和種植園燒荒問題進行緊急談判。燒荒也對馬來西亞有影響。

據新加坡政府的指令，過去24小時內，持續的PSI平均水平“可能會危及對病人或年長者的生命。”

私營外科診所的菲利普·許（Philip Koh）稱，在過去一週，來問診的人數激增20%，他的病人中估計有80%的人患有與霧霾相關的病症。

“我的病人告訴我，他們對於這種情況會持續多久以及霧霾會更得多嚴重而感到擔憂。現在已經達到了400了，會達到多高呢？”他說道。