Electrician on leave, 9 deliveries under candlelight in Doon hosp
Shivani.Azad@timesgroup.com
Dehradun 25.01.2019
: As many as nine deliveries were conducted under candlelight and torches in Government Doon Medical College Hospital, the largest government hospital in Garhwal division which caters to people from several hilly districts, after power supply was disrupted for several hours on Tuesday night.
Hospital officials claimed that the electricity could not be resumed due to a technical glitch in the generator. The lone electrician who looks after the hospital was on leave. The power supply was disrupted at 8 o’clock on Tuesday night following heavy rain and only resumed on Wednesday morning at10.30.
“At midnight I was told to take my wife to a private hospital as there was no electricity but she was already in labour. So we let them conduct the delivery in candlelight,” said Ravindra Singh, whose wife gave birth to a son on Wednesday morning.
Mamta, a resident of Rishikesh, who accompanied her sister, Manisha, to the delivery room, told TOI, “My sister had to undergo stitches after her delivery and this was done using light from a mobile phone.”
Manisha said that she was fortunate to have given birth to a healthy girl but anything could have gone wrong. “I came all the way from Ghansali in Tehri hoping for better care at this hospital. I did not expect this,” she said.
Shivani.Azad@timesgroup.com
Dehradun 25.01.2019
: As many as nine deliveries were conducted under candlelight and torches in Government Doon Medical College Hospital, the largest government hospital in Garhwal division which caters to people from several hilly districts, after power supply was disrupted for several hours on Tuesday night.
Hospital officials claimed that the electricity could not be resumed due to a technical glitch in the generator. The lone electrician who looks after the hospital was on leave. The power supply was disrupted at 8 o’clock on Tuesday night following heavy rain and only resumed on Wednesday morning at10.30.
“At midnight I was told to take my wife to a private hospital as there was no electricity but she was already in labour. So we let them conduct the delivery in candlelight,” said Ravindra Singh, whose wife gave birth to a son on Wednesday morning.
Mamta, a resident of Rishikesh, who accompanied her sister, Manisha, to the delivery room, told TOI, “My sister had to undergo stitches after her delivery and this was done using light from a mobile phone.”
Manisha said that she was fortunate to have given birth to a healthy girl but anything could have gone wrong. “I came all the way from Ghansali in Tehri hoping for better care at this hospital. I did not expect this,” she said.
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