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