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21 die in Hyderabad govt hospital, staff blame power cut TNN | Jul 24, 2016, 04.53 AM IST

 
 
HIGHLIGHTS
  • Frequent power outages plague Hyderabad's Gandhi hospital
  • Staff blame 21 deaths in a day on power outages
  • A hospital source said some of the deaths were of patients on life support system, such as ventilators and incubators in the neo-natal ward.

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HYDERABAD: The state-run Gandhi Hospital, a premier 1,200-bed medical facility in the city, is under a cloud after 21 patients died on Friday and the medical staff blamed power outages for the deaths.

 

Some doctors said electricity first tripped around 3pm and then continued to do so at regular intervals. Although there were four generators on standby, the hospital claimed they had developed snags and could not be used after power lines were later cut off, to find the cause of the tripping.

 

The deaths occurred in specialty wards, including the surgical intensive care unit, neo-natal intensive care unit, respiratory intensive care unit, acute medical care unit and the emergency ward, all of which were affected by Friday's power failure. Telangana health minister Dr C Laxma Reddy said it would be wrong to directly blame the deaths in a top state-run tertiary hospital on the power outages as they get "maximum number of last-stage cases".

 

"In my 14 years of working at this hospital, on an average, 10 patients die every day," said Dr R Raghu, general secretary (Gandhi Hospital unit), Telangana Government Doctors' Association.

 

Professor C V Chalam, the superintendent in charge of Gandhi Hospital, told TOI that each of the 21 deaths would have to be probed to determine if any of them was directly or indirectly linked to the blackout. "We will take up this exercise on Monday," he said.

 

Asked what went wrong with the power supply, Professor Chalam, who was at the hospital till 12.30 am supervising the seven engineers struggling to restore power supply, said power was cut off to repair the lines after the intermittent cuts. Last month, there had been a similar blackout. The hospital relied on its four generators, using two at a time till the power supply was restored, he added.

 

"There is a three-phase power supply to the hospital, but with the lines tripping on and off, our staff found it difficult to manage uninterrupted supply," he said.

 

A source at the hospital told TOI that some of the deaths on Friday were of patients who were on life support system, such as ventilators and incubators in the neo-natal ward. Other emergency equipment that needed high voltage power to function was also affected.

 

"I used my mobile phone torch to carry out an emergency surgery on a 28-year old man with an infected intestine," said a senior doctor, who was on duty in one of the affected departments.

 

 

Though ambu-bags providing hand-pressed oxygen were used on all patients who were on ventilators, the source said it was possible that some of the attendants may have administered the gas incorrectly. This job is usually handled by hospital staff, but the task was left to the attendants on Friday.

 

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anakudadu kani same ide AP lo jarigite unte veedilo unde pasuvulu kanna ghoramga arichevaru

 

marpu kosam manchi kosam matti kosam ani koose media ilanti news ni enduku daachipedutundi

 

manava hakkula sangalu emayay

Monna AP lo baby missing case lo media over action chesindi. TV lo discussion petting mari gola chesaru. More than 50 members chain poina no coverage

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In my 14 years of working at this hospital, on an average, 10 patients die every day," said Dr R Raghu, general secretary

14 years nunchi EMI peekutunafu veefu chanipotunte

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Monna AP lo baby missing case lo media over action chesindi. TV lo discussion petting mari gola chesaru. More than 50 members chain poina no coverage

 

RIP Telugu mediaaa.

 

 

ee news vesthe channel ni life close avutundi ga anduke siggu lekunda coverage kuda chese dhammu ledu

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TG lo emaina aithe chaalu oh tega badapadatha rabandulla vacheyatamena? Average deaths are around 10. so, it is quite possible that it can shoot to even 21 a day. The real reason of power failure is AP not supplying

the power.

Oka pasi kandu tappipothe Emaindi bro ...mari ah roju media enduku over chesindi if 20 deaths are nirmal

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Pasi papa tappipivatam pure negligence of the staff in ap ....Idi pure negligence of administration of the hospital ...factory ki aina aapochu kani hospital ki nirantaram supply cheyali current ...daily oka 10 mandi chanipotunaru ani suggulekunda cheputunadu ante Vadu Asala doctor yena

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Pasi papa tappipivatam pure negligence of the staff in ap ....Idi pure negligence of administration of the hospital ...factory ki aina aapochu kani hospital ki nirantaram supply cheyali current ...daily oka 10 mandi chanipotunaru ani suggulekunda cheputunadu ante Vadu Asala doctor yena

 

 

Govt wants to save power in telangana

 

Not only here all hospitals ki inni hrs ani fix chesinatlu unaru power saving time.

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Road lu lekapoyina parvaledu govt hospitals anna correct ga maintain cheyandi life anedi oka sare vasare vastadi ....ilanti negligence valla konni jeevithalu andakaram loki Velli potayi

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TG lo emaina aithe chaalu oh tega badapadatha rabandulla vacheyatamena? Average deaths are around 10. so, it is quite possible that it can shoot to even 21 a day. The real reason of power failure is AP not supplying the power.

Stop shitting in your plate.... TG vastey rendu bongulu paati kokkalu katti power testaam annarugaa?? Emaindi ah power??

 

Why are you expectjng AP to supply power free of cost?? Why didnt TS govt clear the pending power bills??

 

Per day 20's and 30's chanipovadam antey, last time chennai floods appudu chusam.... Alanti natural calamity emi raledu kada hyd ki??

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Guntur govt hospital incident tarvatha ah hospital lo chala changes tachindi AP govt ..... Konthamandi uttarakumara praghalbalu palukutaru... Like NIMS ni kotta building loki marustam one week lo etc and etc....

 

Malli vadiki ee DB lo fans??

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Stop shitting in your plate.... TG vastey rendu bongulu paati kokkalu katti power testaam annarugaa?? Emaindi ah power??

 

Why are you expectjng AP to supply power free of cost?? Why didnt TS govt clear the pending power bills??

 

Per day 20's and 30's chanipovadam antey, last time chennai floods appudu chusam.... Alanti natural calamity emi raledu kada hyd ki??

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