AKTH Urges KEDCO to Restore Power Supply To Avert Rising Patient Deaths
The Management of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has appealed to Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) to recoonect the hospital to electricity supply to avert further loss of lives of patients on critical life support equipment.
The Management is saddened by the death of some patients in critical care after KEDCO apruptly disconnected the entire hospital from electricity supply over pending electricity bills which the hospital is earnestly working to pay.
The hospital said in a statement by its Head of Information Unit, Hauwa Inuwa Dutse that the hospital regularly pay electricity bills to KEDCO from Internally Generated Revenue; and also use part of such revenue to procure diesel for on-site power generation to augment the electricity supplied by KEDCO.
Hauwa Dutse said in a media release that the Management of AKTH appeals to KEDCO to support its healthcare delivery services to patients by restoring electricity to the Hospital as it takes steps to defray outstanding bills.
