Warning of 'health disaster' due to power crisis
Reageer (0)3-2-2012
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The health minister in Gaza, Basem Naim, warned Thursday of a health and environmental crisis due to an increase of power cuts and their dangerous implications.
Naim said hospitals and health facilities, subjected to 10-hour power cuts every day, may have to close down some sections like operation rooms and intensive care units which depend completely on electricity.
He added they will have to also shut down central heating although it is winter.
Naim added that depending on generators will not solve the problem, as the quantity of electricity generated from them is not enough to operate medical devices with high efficiency.
He pointed out that the available quantities of diesel to cover the needs of the hospitals will last only for five days, which means they are facing a real threat.
He appealed to the Egyptian leadership to speed up plans to move electricity into the enclave.
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