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Drugs, Bodies Go Bad In Hospital

Written by Radio VOP

Monday, 08 February 2010 15:36

Chinhoyi - Chinhoyi Hospital has suspended critical operations while dozens of bodies are de-composing and drugs going bad due to erratic power supplies at the health institution, which is the only referral centre for the entire Mashonaland West province. (Pictured : Hospital Mortuary with bodies pilling up)
“We used to depend to our single generator which is no longer operating,“said Chinhoyi hospital superintendent Collet Mawire told journalists. Said Dr Mawire; "If the power outages persist we are likely to lose tonnes of medicines which require refrigeration. We have since stopped surgical operations on critical patients because of the problem. “ Mawire urged relatives of the deceased to come and collect bodies timeously.
ZESA Holdings spokesperson Fullard Gwasira said the erratic power supply at the hospital could be the result of a technical fault. “Hospitals are always our priority. It’s possible that the hospital might have developed a fault because of aged networks. It also important to appreciate those electric faults do happen this wet season." “The country last week had some power outages because we were operating with two units at Hwange producing 190 megawats, but this is not to say we switched off power to our institutions of major priority,”said Gwasira.

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