Erratic power supplies dangerous to healthcare facilities

By Marisa Johannes
Unplanned power outages are proving thorny for many healthcare facilities as they battle darkness, loss of electricity to run important hospital equipment.

Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital has found the going very tough without reliable power supply as the change-over switches from generators have not been working for many weeks, forcing theatre staff to phone Zimbabwe Power Company for special power consideration in times of surgical operations, resuscitations and other emergency operations at the hospital.

Many clinics and hospitals are facing insurmountable challenges as a result of power failures as health delivery service is knocked down.

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