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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>As the country experiences one of the worst weeks of blackouts this year, calls are growing for hospitals and clinics to be turned into load shedding-free zones.<\/p>\n

Since last week, Eskom has implemented the Stage 6 load shedding, citing breakdowns at power plants.<\/p>\n

The situation prompted the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) to request load shedding exemptions for public clinics and hospitals.<\/p>\n

In a statement, HPCSA president Professor Simon Nemutandani said because of load shedding, “hospitals in the country are buckling under pressure”.<\/p>\n

According to Nemutandani, more than 80% of South Africans depend on the public health system. The country has about 420 state-run hospitals and more than 3 000 state-run clinics.<\/p>\n

While private facilities and secondary and tertiary public hospitals have generator banks, not all smaller hospitals and clinics have them.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

“Power supply interruptions place critically ill patients who are dependent on life-support machines at risk. The performance and life span of medical equipment and devices are negatively affected by power interruptions,” he said.<\/p>\n

Nemutandani also said hospitals could not perform emergency surgeries, putting patients at risk and added that the training of future health professionals was also at risk.<\/p>\n

“These health facilities are also platforms used for undergraduates’ internships and postgraduate training of health professionals who are also negatively affected by load shedding.”<\/p>\n

His call from the exemptions was echoed in a petition Professor Adam Mohamed, the head of internal medicine at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital penned.<\/p>\n

In the petition, Mohamed said the Western Cape had exempted healthcare facilities from load shedding and he urged Gauteng to do the same.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

The petition, which has garnered more than 32 000 signatures so far, also raised the alarm on the cost of load shedding for facilities.<\/p>\n

“During load shedding, a hospital like Charlotte Maxeke burns between 800 and 900 litres of diesel a day. This translates into an expenditure of between R5 million and R8 million a month – which all comes out of the provincial health budget. This means that there is R5 million to R8 million less to spend on patient care.”<\/p>\n

Health department spokesperson Foster Mohale said: “We are discussing this with the provincial heads of health departments across the country. Our recommendations will be tabled before a meeting of the minister (Joe Phaahla), deputy minister (Sibongiseni Dhlomo) and health MECs.”<\/p>\n

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