Valuable parts of transformers, generators, and copper cables were stolen from the electricity substation of the Feni 250-bed General Hospital. Late Monday night, perpetrators entered the substation by removing the ventilation fan and stole these materials, estimated to be worth between 50 to 60 lakh Taka.
As a result of the theft, electricity supply to the new building of the hospital remained cut off for about 14 hours. This caused severe suffering to patients and their relatives in the ICU, medicine, isolation, and surgery wards amid intense heat. After prolonged efforts, one power line was restored around 11 AM and the other around 5 PM.
Hospital Superintendent Dr. Mubarak Hossain Dulal stated that various equipment has been stolen from the hospital building previously as well, and complaints are being lodged with the police. Meanwhile, Ward Master Nur Nabi has filed a written complaint at the Feni Model Station, raising serious questions about the overall security system of the vital public hospital.
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