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Several critical surgeries scheduled for Monday, April 29, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have been called off due to intermittent power outages.<\/p>\n

Tumour patients taken to the surgical theatre were returned to the wards when doctors realized the power situation was unreliable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are critical cases, and we can\u2019t afford to risk people\u2019s lives,\u201d a doctor told Citi News\u2019s Fred Duboe on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

Dysfunctional lifts left many patients stranded on other floors for over an hour.<\/p>\n

According to sources, the generator is also not working, leaving doctors disturbed.<\/p>\n

A patient who also spoke on the condition of anonymity said, \u201cThis is the second time my surgery was cancelled. The first was because the oxygen machine wasn\u2019t working. Today, it\u2019s due to power fluctuations. I\u2019m really scared, but what can I do? I leave everything to God.\u201d<\/p>\n

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