The Tema General Hospital has responded to a viral video showing its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in darkness with nurses struggling to care for babies during a power outage.
The Hospital in a statement clarified that it was a brief generator trip-off.
The medical director at the facility, Dr. Richard Anthony, confirmed that the incident indeed happened at the hospital on Tuesday, March 26, when “the power from the national grid was interrupted and the Facility was relying on its power plant.”
Many social media users argued it was a major disconnection by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), as some 91 hospitals were threatened over a GH¢261 million debt owed to the power distribution company.
The hospital, in the press statement, added that nobody died due to the technical hitch.
Below is the full statement.
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