According to reliable sources in Tororo district, medical personell in
the district are using torches and candles to help treat patients in the
district hospital after the leading power supplier in the country, UMEME
disconnected the powersupply to the main hospital, Tororo hospital.
The medical doctors and nurses in the
hospital have now resorted to using torches and candles to help treat patients
and also help women who are giving birth.
According to the hospital administrator,
Mr. Walter Oryekum, the hospital has accumulated unpaid bills of around
76million shillings which left the electricity company with no other option but
to disconnect the power supply.
According to the administrator operations at the
hospital has been paralysed after it became difficult to offer services at
night, especially emergencies.
Handling emergencies especially caesarean has
become very difficult. Tororo hospital has now been left in darkness for the
last two weeks.
According to reports, Tororo district has failed to clear the
outstanding debts of electricity since 2013.
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