CPS provides advice to avoid dehydration over Easter Holiday Weekend. Safety first, prevent drowning | SMN News

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Dehydration occurs when your body loses more fluid than you take in, and this Easter holiday weekend, where a lot of outdoor activities take place, the current hot and dry weather can make you very thirsty.

When the normal water content of your body is reduced, it upsets the balance of minerals (salts and sugars) in your body, which affects the way it functions.

Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, is advising the community to make sure they drink

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