Article: NSW: Asthma sufferers on alert


AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2001
NSW: Asthma sufferers on alert

SYDNEY, Dec 27 AAP - Asthma sufferers were at risk of attack as bushfires engulfed
NSW, health authorities warned today.

The NSW Ambulance Service said sufferers were at special risk from a thick haze of
smoke covering parts of the state and the Sydney metropolitan area.

Ambulance spokesman Brett Nicholson said asthmatics should closely monitor their condition
and observe their asthma management plan.

"If their plan isn't working or if they're taking ...

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