Staff and patients at a government hospital in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka’s Molakalmuru have been in distress due to severe electricity outages. Under extreme circumstances, the hospital’s 100-bed facility has been functioning, with medical personnel examining patients with torches, cell phone flashlights, and candles.
Due to the backup generator’s near-weeklong non-operation, the hospital administration has also come under fire for alleged negligence. The heavy rain caused a disruption in the power supply.
Amid power cuts due to rain, a doctor was seen treating a patient using the flashlight of a mobile phone in a government hospital at Molakalmuru taluk in Chitradurga district.
#WATCH | Karnataka: Amid power cuts due to rain, a doctor was seen treating a patient using the flashlight of a mobile phone in a government hospital at Molakalmuru taluk in Chitradurga district. pic.twitter.com/smlNe2cJe5
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The hospital management has also come under fire for alleged negligence as the backup generator has been non-functional for almost a week. The power supply was disrupted due to the intense rainfall.
