From VOA News, 22 October
Zimbabwe power outages said to cause five deaths at hospital in Harare
By Carole Gombakomba
Washington - Persistent electric power outages across Zimbabwe are having deadly consequences: in Harare at least five patients have died at Parirenyatwa Hospital due to a lack of electricity to run essential medical equipment, hospital sources say. Medical sources at the hospital said five patients requiring emergency surgery died when the hospital was without power Tuesday for 12 hours - one a pregnant woman. Hospital doctors speaking on condition they not be named said the hospital generator did not provide enough power for surgeons to operate on all patients needing care. (...) Meanwhile, residents of Avondale, the Avenues area and Cranborne Park in Harare said they have been without electricity for nearly 10 days. Some said they have been forced to move out of their homes or to empty their refrigerators. (...)
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