Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 13: The patients and their attendants have to face another hot and humid day in Government Super Speciality Hospital (SSH), Jammu and they could get relief only late in the evening after AC plant was made fully functional by replacing the damaged electric motor of one of the cooling towers of AC plant.
Sources said that some fault erupted in AC plant of SSH Jammu two days back, due to which the efficiency of the AC plant came down to 40 %. They said that as there are no arrangements of electric fans in the Hospital and the building has no windows for ventilations, not only the patients and their attendants but staff of the Hospital including doctors had to face a tough time.
They said the situation deteriorated yesterday to such an extent that operation theatres have to be closed and all schedule surgeries were cancelled. “The patients in ICU, CCU and various wards of the Hospital were seen waving hand-made fans to get some relief from the hot and humid weather while some attendants who could afford brought their own electric table fans from the market,” they added.
Sources said that though the fault was removed today but it could be done late in the evening and as a result the patients and their attendants have to face another hot and humid day.
Medical Superintendent, SSH Jammu, Dr Arun Sharma, when contacted, said that there was no fault in the AC Plant but the electric motor of one of the three cooling towers of the AC plant had been damaged due to which the cooling efficiency was decreased by about 60 %. He said yesterday, we locally repaired the electric motor but it could not withstand and damaged within hours after which we have to call Company engineers from Delhi who reached here this afternoon and installed the new motor.
He said that till 6 in the evening they had installed the motor and made the AC plant fully functional after which the cooling started improving and after few hours the cooling was normal. “Now, the AC plant is working with its full capacity,” he added.
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