LAHORE: The Services Hospital plunged into darkness for hours due to the suspension of power supply, putting lives of many critical patients, particularly children, who were on ventilator support.

Mobile phone footage of the incident shared on social media showed many wards of the hospitals, where the relatives of the patients were crying for help.

In a footage, an attendant of a patient described the alarming situation at a paeds ICU where nearly 10 minors were on ventilator support and their condition deteriorated because of the power outage.

The parents of the sick children lashed out at the hospital’s administration as no one came to restore the electricity supply despite repeated complaints by doctors.

It was reported that the teaching hospital had no alternative power supply source like generator.

The situation remained tense, particularly causing mental stress to the relatives of the critical patients for hours.

However, the issue was resolved after the attendants of patients threatened to block the Jail Road for traffic in protest.

Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2024