Power outage during surgery at Patiala hospital sparks a row

Health curate Balbir Singh downplayed the incident, saying connected X, “The powerfulness backup systems astatine Rajindra hospital, Patiala, are multi-level (3 hotlines) and functioning without issue. On Friday, a section responsibility led to momentary nonaccomplishment of electricity. The UPS and generator backup functioned seamlessly, and the country was conducted without issue. The diligent is recovering well. Unfortunately, a inferior doc panicked and recorded a video. Medical unit indispensable stay focused connected diligent attraction astatine each times.”

Singh added, “Whenever specified situations arise, doctors should absorption connected solving the occupation alternatively than making videos. We volition look into this matter, but I tin corroborate the country went well, and the diligent is stable. Our authorities is moving hard to amended healthcare services.”

Opposition parties, however, criticised the authorities for what they called gross mismanagement. BJP spokesperson Pritpal Singh Baliawal accused the authorities of risking lives owed to mediocre infrastructure, saying, “Once again, Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, played with quality lives. Emergency lights fluctuated during an operation, putting the patient’s beingness astatine risk. Is this what Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal telephone the ‘Delhi Healthcare Model’? Hospitals lacking basal facilities similar ventilators and reliable powerfulness proviso exposure the government’s incompetence.”

SAD main spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler echoed akin concerns, alleging that doctors had to trust connected mobile telephone lights to execute surgeries. “This is not conscionable astir powerfulness outages but astir the government’s nonaccomplishment to supply indispensable services successful captious attraction facilities,” helium said.

The viral video has sparked nationalist outrage, with galore questioning the authorities of healthcare infrastructure successful Punjab. The incidental has brought the government’s claims of improving healthcare services nether aggravated scrutiny.