A disturbing video allegedly showing patients and staff using cell phones as torches at Chitungwiza Hospital has surfaced on social media.
Amid the ongoing massive loadshedding, Chitungwiza General Hospital was also reportedly plunged into darkness last night.
When it comes to loadshedding, hospitals are usually exempt from power outages, but this time, it seems no exception was made for Chitungwiza Hospital.
With no electricity or backup power available, patients and staff can be seen in the video using their phones as torches to navigate the corridors.
The disturbing video, shared on social media, has garnered significant attention and sparked widespread reactions. Social media users criticized ZESA for cutting power to a hospital, condemning the move as reckless and irresponsible. Many also blamed the government for misplaced priorities, arguing that hospitals should be equipped with solar panels or reliable backup generators given the ongoing load-shedding crisis.
Netizens expressed grave concern for the welfare of patients, particularly those on life support and newborns in incubators, emphasizing the potential dangers posed by power outages in critical healthcare facilities.
Here are some of the reactions;
tmols_m:
Grid rine hospital shouldn’t be cut , this happens . Let’s not blame anyone except ZESA itself
@just.aisharr:
Ko the babies that will be in the incubators😭????vanoita sei
@shez.tendie:
landcruiser can solve this problem but no they would rather give out cars to chiefs.
@t_u_k_a_z:
My worry is the babies in the incubators, the bodies in the mortuary, the people on the support system ICU 😢
@miss_royalty_the_goodness:
This is very sad to watch😢uumm ndabatikana
@lin_sibs:
Why cant gvt put generators in hospitals 🤷🏿…Basa rekutengera vanhu zvimota with the money that was supposed to benefit the whole country at large… 🚮
