Jakarta, IO – Neurosurgeon Dany K. Ramdhan provided account that the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, Palestine, still performs surgical operations eventhough surgeons have to make do with cellphone flashlights due to the electricity crisis amid Israeli offensive. Dany is one of the Indonesian specialists who managed to reach the hospital with a team from the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) on Friday (7/8).
According to Dany, electricity is one of the most vital components in hospital operations. The Indonesian Hospital, he said, has two sources of electricity, namely solar panels and generators that depend on fuel supplied by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Electricity from the panels and generators are limited because after the attack only 20 percent of the capacity can be utilized while fuel supply from WHO to power the generators has been unrealible. The supply came once every two weeks, and this too will depend on the ground situation.
“We still have fuel left for the generator. During the day we use solar panels to save on fuel,” said Dany, as per Kompas, Mon (12/8).
Read: Cikarang National Data Center to be operational early next year
The computerized tomography (CT) scan machine, for example, is currently no longer functioning. The laboratory has also been damaged. “Many of the devices broke down due to the voltage fluctuation. This included the USG machines,” said Dany.
“Only one USG machine is currently functioning,” revealed Dany. (rr)