In an appalling case of apathy, doctors at a hospital in Odisha’s Mayurbhamj were left with no option than treating patients using candles and flashlights due to power crisis. Dr. Dhakhina Ranjan Tudu of Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and hospital told ANI, “I see 180-200 patients daily. There is an acute power crisis. When patients come, I have to see them, with or without electricity.”
The reason behind the plight of the hospital is lack of availability of proper electricity in the hospital, to which the authorities in the area seem to have turned a deaf ear. The hospital, despite its impoverished condition, continues to function without a transformer.
Every day, as many as 200 patients visit the hospital, some even in critical conditions, for treatment, even after running the risk of medical negligence due to unavailability of proper light.