01 Sep 2015

Low or unavailability of water has forced Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) to prioritise patients requiring operations, thus giving priority to emergency patients as well as urgent cases.

A press release from the hospital states that non urgent operations may have to be postponed until there is adequate water supply.

Meanwhile, the release says PMH will continue to do best it can to safeguard patient care during “these trying times.”

It says in addition to the existing 200 000 litres reserve water tank, the hospital has put measures in place to minimise water outage. The hospital is connecting some 10 000 litre Jojo tanks to the high use areas like the kitchen and laundry to augment the existing capacities.

In case the water situation does not normalise in the long run, it says patients might be sent to other health facilities where the needed operations will be conducted by PMH medical teams.

The release states that so far areas that have experienced low pressure to no water at all include gynae theatre, pediatric wards, spinals, medical wards, laundry as well as dental department. Ends