BANGLADESH

Power has been partly restored at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) following six hours of outage. Authorities are hopeful that it will be restored fully within another hour.

Medical services at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) were seriously hampered because of power outage since Tuesday dawn.

But some activities were carried out at the intensive and critical care units using alternative methods.

"Power has been restored at five of the six blocks in the hospital around 12pm," the hospital's director Abdul Majid Bhuiyan said.

He added, "There is still no supply at D-block. We are hopeful that the supply will be restored by 1pm."

Doctors said that the treatment facility for outdoor patients was closed for the power outage. Surgeries were also halted.

Specialist doctors were unable to visit various departments at the top floors of the high-rise complex as the lifts were not working.

Even though the authorities initially said that the power outage was caused by a transformer failure, they later said it was caused by damaged wires.