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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

200-kva generator gathers dust at hospital

200-kva generator gathers dust at hospital
Siliguri MLA Rudranath Bhattacharya  presented a 200-KVA generator to the Siliguri Hospital, as a back-up power supply during load-shedding, a few months ago. However, the generator is gathering dust at the hospital. The hospital does not know how to manage additional funds required to buy fuel in order to run the generator.
The electrical engineering division associated with the hospital does not have specific knowledge about how to install the generator and the necessary works to replace the old generators, which are presently operating at the hospital. According to officials associated with the hospital, there are two generators ~ one for the entire hospital and another for the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU). While the hospital authority is facing trouble in managing fuel costs for the existing generators, a new generator has been installed at the SNCU, as power supply is erratic at the unit due to a technical snag. Though the hospital took initiatives to resolve the fuel consumption disorder, the crisis persists.sns

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