"We have requested the NEA not to obstruct the power supply," Dr Swyan Prakash Pandit, director at the Bir Hospital, said. He informed that the hospital was not in a position to operate during load shedding."We cannot run equipments like X-ray and CT-scan during load shedding," said Dr Pandit, adding that patients receiving emergency care like those admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Operation Theater (OT) will suffer a lot if the NEA cut the power supply to the hospital.
According to Director Pandit, the hospital has fuel to operate power generator only for a few hours. He said serious patients would be hit hard if the power supply to the hospital is obstructed.
Director Pandit informed that the hospital has not been able to run its vehicles and its staffers arrive to work on foot. "We have not been able to transport the staffers serving in the emergency departments, ICU, CCU, and others," added he.
Meanwhile, the NEA has informed that almost all the hospitals across the country have requested it for uninterrupted power supply citing fuel shortage.
"Almost all the hospitals, medical colleges, dental colleges and nursing homes have requested us not to conduct load shedding, Ramchandra Pandey, chief of distribution and customer service department of the NEA, said.
"We will do our best to ease their difficulties," he informed.
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