Electricity outage halts surgical treatment in punjab hospital, AAP troubles explanation
In an incident highlighting infrastructural failure in healthcare systems, an emergency surgical procedure had to be stopped mid manner due to power outage in a central authority sanatorium in Punjab.
The incident happened in Patiala's Rajinder health center.
A video, which suggests the halted surgery process, is now in extensive stream on social media. A doctor in the video expresses his frustration and says, "this isn't always the first time that the energy supply inside the primary emergency of the government Rajindra health center in patiala has been erratic."
"If some thing takes place to the patient, who may be chargeable for it," the physician in addition says.
The affected person turned into on ventilator assist while the power went off mid-manner for the duration of the surgical treatment. "The affected person is on venti help, it's been 15 mins for the reason that electricity went off," the medical doctor says, as the digicam pans to the group of doctors and medical institution workforce within the operation theatre looking to manipulate the scenario.
"The affected person is intubated, the surgical operation goes on, however there may be no electricity...," the doctor says.
The video additionally shows docs manually ventilating the intubated patient.
Political slugfest follows
After the video made rounds on social media, Union minister of nation and bjp chief Ravneet Bittu additionally shared the video and criticised the ruling Aam Aadmi celebration government for their negligence. "The deteriorated circumstance of clinical facilities in addition to electricity, the 2 matters AAP promised to best has come to floor in a very painful event," he stated in a post on X.
"A surgeon of Rajindra clinic had to come on camera to trouble a disclaimer that due to fault in strength a patient may lose their existence all through a surgery within the OT. cm and his ministers have deserted punjab and shifted to delhi simply to please their dictator kejriwal. but at what fee?" he introduced.
Punjab fitness minister and a watch surgeon himself, Balbir Singh, shared a explanation saying that a "neighborhood fault" brought about "momentary lack of strength." Giving an replace on the surgical operation, he also said the procedure went properly and the affected person is recovering.
"The energy backup systems at Rajindra health facility, patiala are multi level (3 hotlines) & functioning with out issue. these days, a neighborhood fault led to non permanent loss of energy. The americaand generator backup functioned seamlessly & the surgical procedure became performed without trouble. patient is convalescing well. lamentably, a junior health practitioner panicked and recorded a video. scientific staff should stay focussed on patient care at all times," he stated in a put up on X.
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