Emergency room patients at the National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, popularly known as Pongu Hospital, have been suffering due to power outage that began on Sunday morning.
The hospital had power for only two hours between 8am and 3:22pm, said the hospital’s emergency surgery room in-charge Senior Staff Nurse Shafiqul Islam.
He began his shift at 2pm and found there was no electricity, said he, according to bdnews24.com.
His co-workers told him the power had been out since the morning.
Though the hospital has a generator, it cannot supply the necessary power, he said.
One doctor, on condition of anonymity, said that he had been working since 8am but had power available for only two hours.
He performed operations on 10 patients during that time, but has been unable to do any more work due to the lack of power.
“There are several patients who need operations urgently, but we cannot perform them.”
Asked about the allegations Power Division Supervisor Farooq Ahmed said that it was true the power had been out for some time due to the storm, but claimed that there had been no complaints from the hospital.
The agency tried to contact hospital Director Gani Molla, but he did not pick up any calls.
