How power cuts put lives and health at risk
Stage 6 ‘catastrophic’ for independent pharmacies, while public hospitals and labs take strain
18 January 2023 - 05:05
Independent pharmacies, public hospitals and the state’s key laboratories are scrambling to provide services as SA’s crippling power cuts leave users without electricity for up to 12 hours a day.
Their experience stands in stark contrast to private hospital groups, whose long-standing investments in power generating capacity mean they are among the few health-care providers buffered against the electricity crisis...
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