It’s becoming harder to describe the situation in localities like Hayatabad and University Town of K-P as anything short of dangerous. Loadshedding here has moved past inconvenience and now poses a serious health risk.
At home, my elderly mother depends on a medical device that needs continuous electricity to function. With no backup system and an erratic power supply, we’re left scrambling for makeshift solutions, risky, improvised workarounds that no doctor or healthcare system would ever endorse. This isn’t about comfort, it’s about survival.
There must be a policy in place to protect medically vulnerable households, ensuring they receive either uninterrupted electricity or, at the very least, a clear and predictable schedule. People’s health and in some cases, their lives should not hinge on the uncertainty of a power cut.
Khanzada Tanzeel
Peshawar
