KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has been accused of increasing sufferings of patients at different hospitals of Karachi by carrying out massive load shedding for several hours despite arrival of summer season.
PPI learnt on Wednesday that due to load shedding, power generators are run from morning to noon and are switched off afternoon, causing torments to the patients.
At the Sindh Government Services Hospital, one of two generators are switched at morning hours, while other is out of order and yet to be repaired.
At Lyari General Hospital, situation is not different, where one generator is out of order, while other is switched on at only morning time in case of load shedding. Other hospitals of the city are facing same situation.
Owing to faulty generators at hospitals and switching on some others for limited time in the morning hours, patients at these hospitals have to suffer a lot. Several patients complained that they had to not only suffer from hot weather but also from KESC load-shedding that causes drinking water shortage at the health centers.
It was also learnt that although some NGOs had arranged to provide power generators to hospitals besides affording the fuel expenditures, but they are not sufficient to meet the requirement. Load shedding has been causing inordinate delays in surgeries and laboratory tests, the patients said.—PPI