Compiled by; Okumu Dominic
MOYO. The Moyo resident district commissioner Mr.Gore Goffin has directed the administration of moyo general hospital to look for ways of solving the water and power crisis that has hit the hospital. Mr. Gore Goffin gave the directive after receiving complaints from the public about the constant power fluctuations and water crisis at the hospital especially during dry season.
The water and power crisis has caused untold suffering of the patients and hindered effective service delivery to the people with many patient attendants seen going outside the hospital premises in search of water.
Mr.Gore Goffin said, “after receiving complaints from the public, the hospital administration was directed to find ways of resolving the persistent water and power crisis that hits the hospital every dry season.
Mr.Gore Goffin said, “the hospital has two standby generators that provide back up for power but in most cases whenever the generators break down their repair takes unnecessarily long hence affecting service delivery”.
Mr.Besi Bernard the Senior Hospital Administrator, Moyo General Hospital confirmed saying, “its true the hospital is having challenges one of which happens to be the power crisis as the hospital has two generators where one of the generators got spoiled due to over use and the other still works though its not in a good state.
“we are looking for all the possible ways of fixing the generators though it will require a good amount of money ”.
Besi Bernard, Senior Hospital Administrator, Moyo General Hospital
Concerning the water crisis, Besi Bernard said once the power issues are fixed their will be slight improvement in the water supply at the hospital.
Mr.Eno pasculino an elder and a catechist at moyo mission said, “the issue of power is very serious in Moyo sometimes taking many days to return leaving the town in darkness which affects service delivery” .
Mr.Eno Pasculino further added that power and water problems are more or less the same requesting the concerned authorities to have proper negotiations concerning water and power so as to avoid the constant crisis in the district.
Moyo general hospital like other offices in the district relays on Uganda electricity distribution limited supplied power from the national grid for running the hospital. However, on many occasions the power supply has not been reliable in the district and this greatly affected service delivery in the district.
Key infrastructures are continuing grapple with water and power crisis in Moyo district.
