The patients and staff members at the garrison city’s district headquarters hospital faced immense difficulties due to a prolonged power outage in the sweltering summer season.
Due to the extended power suspension, not only did the fans in the wards remain switched off but the X-ray and other laboratory equipment stopped functioning, which added gravely to the woes of the patients and their attendants.
Hospital sources told The Express Tribune that due to a prolonged power breakdown in the DHQ Hospital, the affairs of the hospital came to a standstill.
They said to ensure the power supply to the hospital, the electricity is supplied from two different feeders. “If one feeder trips, power supply from the other feeder is ensured. However, yesterday both the feeders supplying electricity to the hospital tripped simultaneously,” they said.
“The generators installed in the hospital could only provide electricity to the emergency department,” they added.
The sources said due to power suspension in the hospital, the suffering of the patients admitted to the wards increased.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 6th, 2023.
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