The erratic power crisis is not only affecting homes and businesses but also the dead bodies in some mortuaries in the Oti Region.

Decaying bodies at Krachi West Municipal Hospital mortuary in the area are putting residents and community members health at risk.

Dr Osei Kuffour Affreh, the Oti Regional Director of Health Service told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), that corpses stored in the mortuary are decomposing due to lack of electricity to power the refrigerators.

He said management of the facility has petitioned Nana Mprah Besemuna III, Krachi-Wura, Mr Patrick Bulator, the newly confirmed Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and the Regional Health Directorate over the development.

He explained that the hospital is now compelled to ration power because it is costing authorities more to keep the generators on.

Dr Affreh lamented the effect of the power outage in the Krachi West which is negatively affecting the quality of health services rendered in the Municipality.

He told GNA that, the hospital in the Municipality with low outage spend over GHC 60,000 every week to provide emergency services, theatre services, admissions, keeping blood vaccination and keeping refrigerators running.

The Regional Health Director lamented that as a result of the power outages, most of the hospital equipments and machines have been damaged and called on CRIDCO and other authorities to address the light situation to avoid further situations.

Source:GNA