{"id":873821,"date":"2025-09-18T01:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/power-outage-forces-doctors-to-treat-patients-using-mobile-torchlight-in-odisha\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T01:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:12:10","slug":"power-outage-forces-doctors-to-treat-patients-using-mobile-torchlight-in-odisha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/power-outage-forces-doctors-to-treat-patients-using-mobile-torchlight-in-odisha\/","title":{"rendered":"Power outage forces doctors to treat patients using mobile torchlight in Odisha"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In a disturbing incident, doctors at a community health centre in Deogaon of <a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/tag\/bolangir\" target=\"_blank\">Bolangir district<\/a>, were forced to treat patients using a mobile phone\u2019s torchlight after a sudden power outage, sources said on Friday.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/news\/odisha\/odisha-hospital-treating-patients-under-mobile-light-for-years-261271\" target=\"_blank\">Odisha hospital treating patients under mobile light for years!<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The incident occurred on Thursday when two patients were undergoing treatment. Midway through the procedure, electricity supply was disrupted.<\/p>\n<p>With no alternative backup system like a generator or inverter in place, the attending doctor had no choice but to continue the treatment using a mobile torchlight.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses and local residents have expressed serious dissatisfaction, questioning the preparedness and infrastructure of the medical facility. The health centre is a critical hub for over 50 surrounding villages, making this lapse all the more alarming.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the gravity of the situation, there has been no official response from the hospital authorities or local administration so far.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has once again highlighted the grim reality of rural healthcare in Odisha, where even basic infrastructure is lacking in crucial institutions meant to serve the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the power supply gets disrupted, the doctors treat patients here with the help of mobile torchlight. This is the lone hospital in Deogaon block. I appeal to the Health Minister to make necessary arrangements in this regard, so that patients would benefit a lot,\u201d a local resident, Sachin Parua, expressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had brought an accident victim to the hospital for treatment,\u201d Sachin Parua stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Health Minister belongs to this district. Hence, I request him to take appropriate steps. If he will not listen to our requests, whom else would we appeal?\u201d the man added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Rebecka Menjivar<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/news\/odisha\/power-outage-forces-doctors-to-treat-patients-using-mobile-torchlight-in-odisha-270952\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a disturbing incident, doctors at a community health centre in Deogaon of Bolangir district, were forced to treat patients using a mobile phone\u2019s torchlight after a sudden power outage, sources said on Friday. Also Read:\u00a0Odisha hospital treating patients under mobile light for years! The incident occurred on Thursday when two patients were undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":873822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3748,414],"tags":[6009,6008],"class_list":{"0":"post-873821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-outage","8":"category-power","9":"tag-outage","10":"tag-power"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}