CWM Hospital patients were affected by a water shortage after the hospital’s backup water tank ran dry following a burst water pipe, leaving critical services disrupted and patients relying on bottled water.
Water supply has since been restored following flushing operations by the Water Authority of Fiji.
International Women’s Association President Judy Compain says while politicians are trading accusations today, the real crisis is where the real people are.
She says there was no water in the East Wing of the CWM Hospital where the Intensive Care Unit, Operating Theatre and Emergency Department were all at risk.
Compain says the sickest patients in Fiji in the most critical spaces in our national hospital, have no water, asking what would happen if emergency surgery was needed right now.
She has told every Minister and every political party that this is where their time and energy belong.
The IWA President stresses that this is where they should be holding each other accountable.
She is urging them to ask about the water, our hospital and the people they are meant to serve.
Compain asks why have none of the politicians issued a statement, or written one of those very long posts, about the state of our health facilities and the crisis now unfolding in our hospital.
She asks does it only matter when the person affected is someone they know or care about.
Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Luke Nasedra has confirmed with fijivillage News that the hospital had been without a proper running water supply since yesterday.
He says the shortage slowed services in the Intensive Care Unit, Acute Medical Ward, Operating Theatre and Emergency Department.
Despite the challenges, Dr Nasedra confirms that the Emergency Department remained operational during the disruption.
He says the hospital had been working closely with WAF to restore the water supply as soon as possible.
WAF confirms that water supply has been restored, adding that repairs to a burst water main on Belo Street, scheduled for tonight, may result in further water pressure fluctuations.
The Authority says the hospital’s water tanks will refill as supply is restored.
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