 We broke a heat record again Monday by reaching at least 102 degrees, said Reagan National. That extreme heat is keeping hospital emergency rooms busy, as you might imagine. WTOP's Dick Uliano has that. We're seeing a significant increase in patients coming to the hospital with heat-related illness. Chief Medical Officer and Emergency Room Physician at Shady Grove, Dr. Neil Roy, says the hospital sees a variety of patients covering the spectrum of heat-related illnesses.