 Bottom line is that when we made a decision to take a step back, we made a decision to take a step back. His term ends in January. Graves says God has a plan and he intends to listen. The Louisiana Department of Health's heat-related illness dashboard is new and improved this year. Dr. Sunday Winder with the department says if you thought last year was hot, you're right. The average number of ER visits for heat-related illnesses for the last decade was 2,800.