NAROWAL: Patients and their attendants have protested against the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital administration for frequent power suspensions.

The power generator broke down five days ago while the Gujranwala Electric Power Company suspends electricity supply to the hospital from 9am to 4pm twice a week (Monday and Thursday) for repairs and upgrade work of electricity wires in Narowal.

Every day, 2,500 to 4,000 patients visit the hospital and face power problems as power suspen-sion halts operations like X-rays and CT scans.

Due to the failure of the generator, patients in children`s nurseries and dialysis wards face severe difficulties, while operations in the gynaecology ward are also getting delayed.

Abdul Qadoos, of Chak Amarur, said he could not get the report of the blood work of his wife, Maryam Bibi, by 3pm despite submitting samples and fees in the morning.

Asia Bibi said her son`s broken leg was to undergo an X-ray examination, which could not be done due to electricity supply suspension.

According to hospital sources, thegenerator broke down due to technical problems.

On Monday, people gathered outside the laboratory and protested against the administration, saying the lab workers collect fees with blood and urine samples but do not release reports on time.

Medical Superintendent Dr Faraz Noor said the big generator is broken, while the small generator cannot run the machinery of the X-rays Department and CT Scan Lab. He said the generator would be repaired soon.

Dr Khalid Javed, chief executive of ficer, said a team had arrived f rom Lahore to fix the technical fault of the generator.