Hospital Blackouts In South Africa Affect Critical Care
Electricity cuts at a main hospital in South Africa have impacted medical operations. The outages, which lasted two to three days last month, affected patients in critical condition requiring oxygen. Some patients lost their lives due to the power failures, according to a doctor. The situation is linked to rising fuel prices caused by the war in the Middle East.
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“this has tragically affected operations because there are very many patients that were in critical conditions that requires oxygen and of course this truly affected them. Some of the patients we lost their lives because electricity cuts was really a problem.”
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