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Jul 18, 2012 News
– Electrical fault causes precautionary evacuation of pregnant patients
Some patients seeking medical assistance at the Suddie Diagnostic and Treatment Centre theatre got some electric shocks when they came into contact with some of the walls of the institution.
The walls of the hospital’s theatres have been sending electrical shocks for the past two months and numerous letters seeking assistance have been sent to the Health Ministry seeking an intervention to rectify the situation.
It has been four years now, to the month, that operations commenced in the new building.
Hospital officials, in confirming the electrical problem, revealed that last Friday night, seven maternal patients had to be transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) to safeguard them in the event that any of them would have needed to undergo surgery…all because of the current state of the theatre.
The seven patients boarded the ferry last Friday evening and arrived at the GPHC on Saturday morning.
Yesterday, Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran said that for about a week now technical people from the Works Ministry have been at the hospital trying to rectify the problem. He said that a leaking roof may have been the root of the problem.
The water that may have seeped into the concrete walls may have come into contact with exposed electric wires and caused the damp walls to become conductors.
Kaieteur News understands that the hospital has since placed alternative measures for surgeries in the event of an emergency situation.
Dr. Ramsaran said that the Cubans who were integral in the construction of the hospital were also working to correct the situation. They were supported by the Chief Electrician attached to the Works Ministry.
He said that the decision to move the pregnant patients was precautionary. “It was the thing to do, given the condition.”
Late yesterday, Dr Ramsaran said that one of the theatres was back in operation and the other was expected to be up and running shortly.
The construction of the Suddie Centre was finalised during a visit by former Head of State, President Bharrat Jagdeo to Cuba in February 2006.
The agreement allowed for the construction of four other such facilities… at Leonora, Region Three; Mahaicony, Region Five, the East Demerara Regional Hospital which was commissioned last year and the Ophthalmology Centre at Port Mourant, Berbice.
The Suddie centre was constructed at a cost of $140M.
Some of the services being offered include Audiology, Endoscopy, Phlebotomy, Ophthalmology, Laboratory, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Maternity services, Dental care, Theatre services, Accident and Emergency, X-ray and Electrocardiography (ECG). There is also a general medical out-patient department.
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