29 mars 2024

Central African Republic: several deaths in hospitals by huge power outage

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A strong wind caused a huge power outage in the Central African Republic last Friday. The power of the wind knocked down several high voltage cables. As a result, deaths are piling up in hospitals. In addition, bodies in a state of decomposition have been taken out of morgues.

Since Friday, April 23, the city of Bangui has been experiencing serious problems with the supply of electrical energy. The blackout was caused by a strong wind that toppled five high-voltage cable transport towers. This was in the area of the village of Danzi, located 22 kilometers from Bangui, on the road to Boali. This malfunction in the supply of electricity caused serious damage to the population.

Hospitals in the Central African capital have been seriously affected, causing the death of several patients, according to the Central African Minister of Energy and Hydraulics, Herbert Gontrand Djono-Ahaba, on Wednesday. This situation has already caused the death of several people, "for lack of oxygen", reported the local media, Radio Ndeke Luka.

"We have seen several cases of death in recent times. The generator that is there is not enough to supply all the hospital's services. Several patients are dying because of the heat. Just this morning, 17 bodies in a state of decomposition were brought out of the morgue," a relative told the radio on Tuesday.

"As you can see, there is a patient who is there waiting for an operation. But to do so, there must be electricity. The light allows us to do a difficult extraction, otherwise we can't do anything. It is necessary to identify the rotten teeth to make the extraction because, in this case, everything can be fatal", reported to Radio Ndeke Luka, Hyacinthe Azoukatian, a dentist at the national university hospital of Bangui.

According to Christophe Privat Belandambi, director general of SODECA, "the generators as such cannot help the company to work as if it were working with electricity. "The energy that ENERCA (Entreprise publique de production, transport et distribution de l'électricité de la République centrafricaine) gives us allows the team to cover our water needs. The generators have a very low capacity and cannot serve SODECA in real time and at the right moment, which is why there is this dysfunction. We will have to think and correct, and this is what we are doing," he added.

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