Electricity fluctuation a hindrance to Suddie Hospital – Administrator

The fluctuation of the electricity supply in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) is causing severe problems for the Suddie Public Hospital.
Guyana Times was told that because of the constant fluctuation, it is difficult for the Hospital to restore power via its stabiliser and generator system.
At a recent visit by Regional Democratic Councillors (RDC), acting hospital administrator Omkar Persaud related that electricity woes were causing severe damage to the equipment at the Hospital.
Persaud made this report during a team visit on Tuesday. The team included Regional Vice Chairperson Nandranie Coonjah; Chairman of the Health and Sanitation Committee, Arnold Adams; PPP/C Councillors Showkat Ali and Brian Basil, along with Coalition Councillors Julian Cummings, Naitram and Hardat Narine.
During the team’s visit, the acting administrator said that the fluctuation of power if not addressed urgently would cost the Region a substantive sum, in fixing equipment at the health facility. Currently, the standby generator at the facility is also malfunctioning and often needs to be “jump started” in an effort to maintain a steady flow of power during emergencies.
Persaud related that more worrying was the fact that this posed a problem when surgeries were being performed. The matter was reported to the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson, but to date no meaningful follow-up was done to address the issue, the touring group was told.
On that note, Regional Vice Chairperson Coonjah asked how often the generators were being serviced and recommended a private electrical company be contracted to attend to the issue.
Coonjah, thereafter, assured the hospital Administrator that the RDC would be writing to Guyana Power and Light (GPL) officials on the issue, as well as making necessary recommendations to the Region’s REO on the way forward. (Indrawattie Natram)