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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Following the death of a child at the Freetown Maternity hospital \u2013 PCMH on Tuesday, and mounting criticism of government\u2019s indifference in the face of acute electricity outage across the country, the ministry of health yesterday published a statement, promising to put measures in place to prevent suffering and deaths in hospitals due to lack of electricity.<\/p>\n

But the statement stops short of supporting calls by many in Sierra Leone for the country\u2019s President to ensure that the ministry of finance can find the cash to pay for fuel that will power generators in hospitals, until comprehensive measures are put in place to sustainably end the nationwide electricity crisis.<\/p>\n

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