Feb 11, 2025 06:16 AM IST
Although the hospital is linked to the no-power minimize line, the sudden improve within the demand in the course of the night hours diminished the frequency and the system mechanically shut down, stated PSPCL chief engineer Jagdev Singh Hans
The Punjab State Energy Company Restricted (PSPCL) has requested the civil hospital authorities to improve to auto-start mills after a technical glitch threw the district hospital into darkness for a quick interval on Sunday night. The facility snapped on the hospital round 8 pm and was solely restored by 8:15 pm. Because the hospital doesn’t have auto-start generator, it stayed with out electrical energy for a while when the workers scrambled to begin the gensets.
The outage was attributable to a low frequency relay within the 66 kv line that provides energy to the hospital, in response to PSPCL chief engineer Jagdev Singh Hans. (HT Picture)
The outage was attributable to a low frequency relay within the 66 kv line that provides energy to the hospital, in response to PSPCL chief engineer Jagdev Singh Hans. Although the hospital is linked to the no-power minimize line, the sudden improve within the demand in the course of the night hours diminished the frequency and the system mechanically shut down, stated Hans. “This is how the system is designed to ensure safety,” he stated, including, “I have written to the hospital to upgrade their generators to auto-start machines that can automatically start within seconds of power outage.”
Senior medical officer (SMO) Dr Harpreet Singh stated, “After the sudden outage, it takes a few minutes to start the generators. The generators were running after around 10 minutes.” He additionally emphasised that the ports which can be linked to emergency gear have inverter connections.
“The emergency, operation theaters and labor rooms had power from the inverters till the gensets were turned on,” he identified.
Relating to auto-start gensets, he stated orders have been positioned for 2 gensets for the mom and youngster part and the emergency ward and the hospital is predicted to obtain the identical inside every week.
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