{"id":318051,"date":"2024-03-29T07:24:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/?p=318051"},"modified":"2024-03-29T07:24:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T07:24:36","slug":"minority-demands-immediate-exemption-of-health-facilities-from-unscheduled-load-shedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gbcghanaonline.com\/general\/minority-demands-immediate-exemption-of-health-facilities-from-unscheduled-load-shedding\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority demands immediate exemption of health facilities from unscheduled load shedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Source: GNA<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Democratic Congress<\/a> (NDC) Parliamentary<\/a> Minority has demanded the immediate exemption of health facilities from the current unannounced electricity load shedding exercises.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Ranking Member on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, and NDC Member of Parliament for Juaboso, in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency called for an audit to ascertain the capacity and reliability of hospital alternate power supply systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the Minority had noted with deep concern the devastating impact of the ongoing unannounced and unscheduled electricity load shedding on the delivery of essential health services across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “We are worried by reports that these outages have led to increased morbidity and mortality among patients relying on especially public health facilities,” he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “Amid these happenings, the Government has refused to heed wise counsel from suffering Ghanaians and businesses to publish a load shedding timetable to enable them plan their lives.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis situation has obviously begun to take a toll on critical healthcare facilities across the country.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the Minority, therefore, demanded some interventions by the government to save the people from the ongoing crisis in the health sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the Ministry of Energy, in collaboration with relevant agencies must, without delay, exempt all health facilities nationwide from the current unannounced and unscheduled electricity load shedding and power outages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n