| – say equipment not affected during outage The Administration of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has refuted a Kaieteur News report suggesting that a girl succumbed as a result of a power failure that hit the institution.The story in Tuesday’s edition was headlined “Blackout cripples GPHC-three-year-old succumbs as staff operate machines manually.” The hospital said that it was responding to the death of an eight-year-old girl.“This article suggested that the patient died as a result of the power outage, which is contrary to the facts of the matter.A GPL worker in the ICU attempting to restore power“Of significant importance, is the fact that the patient’s death was NOT related and/or due to the power outage, as was erroneously stated in the news print.“Management views this statement as totally slanderous, for this patient succumbed due to her prolonged illness,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Nephrotic Syndrome; and not because a machine had failed.“Moreover,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, it must be stated that the patient was not attached to a Ventilator (a breathing apparatus). She was on a Cardiac Monitor (monitors the pulse,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, blood pressure and heart rate), which has a backup system in the event of a power failure.“Had the patient encountered any changes in her condition, medication would have been administered accordingly.”The statement said that around 20:30hrs on Monday, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) experienced a power failure from the Thomas Street Feeder, which lasted for about two and a half hours. “This failure caused the backup generator to transfer power into the main load system of the ACDC building, which houses the Intensive Care Unit, Main Operating Theater, Accident and Emergency Unit, Paediatric Ward, and other departments.“Further, vital to this case is the fact the oxygen supply, vacuum and compressed air to the ACDC building were not affected by the outage. Therefore, all of the aforementioned areas/departments were in receipt of the noted services, the hospital management stated.The Paediatric Unit is darkness“The GPHC wishes to extend its appreciation to staff who kept their composure and worked assiduously in a difficult time and ensured that all patients affected by the power outage were treated and monitored efficiently.”“Further,Jerseys Wholesale, condolences are extended to the family of the deceased in the time of their bereavement.”Kaieteur News was told during a visit to the GPHC on Monday night that the institution had suffered a four-hour power outage. During this time, the hospital’s generator had malfunctioned.Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy,Authentic Jerseys Cheap, who was present, told Kaieteur News that GPL had “knocked out” the generator.A senior hospital official also told Kaieteur News that machines at the GPHC had shut down during the prolonged outage.Kaieteur News also observed staff in the Intensive Care Unit operating machines manually to keep patients alive, even as GPL workers attempted to restore power.An ambulance with headlights on provided light to staff in the ICU.Responding to claims that power from GPL could have damaged the GHC generator switch,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/FC-Bayern-Munich/, Chief Executive Officer Bharrat Dindyal explained that the generator is designed to switch over automatically to the generator when there is a power outage.“The (generator) switch is owned by the hospital…If GPL power managed to get to the generator then something is wrong with the (hospital) system.“There is absolutely no way that power from GPL would interact with the standby generator.”Hospital staffers said that the institution had experienced malfunctions of its generator in the past but only for brief periods. |
