THE Ministries of Health and Public Services were closed Friday due to electricity issues, which also affected water supply.
A brief public notice from Bahamas Information Services said that no utilities at the offices on Meeting Street forced the closure.
Health Minister Dr Duane Sands confirmed the issue came down to challenges with the generator at the complex.
He said : “Last night’s (Thursday) power issue, I guess when they load shed they manually shut off certain buildings and the complex on Meeting Street was one of them, but there is apparently some problem with the generator reading the power and its out of sync with the phases.
“We have no power in public works, health or in public service and this has been the case since 9.30am, no power, no water and it’s not been remedied since this morning. People can’t use the bathroom, etc.”
Dr Sands explained that the National Insurance Board, which owns the building, was dealing with the issue.
“We are hoping they can get this resynchronisation of the power done in order to get the building up and running soon,” he said.
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Comments
TheMadHatter 6 years, 1 month ago
No power, no generator, no water, no air conditioning - forward, upward, onward together.
DDK 6 years, 1 month ago
Pretty much, Mad One!
sirD 6 years, 1 month ago
Bring is a Foreigner to fix it, as we always have to do
bogart 6 years, 1 month ago
...ALL.....MECHINES REQUIRE PROPER SERVICING.....GENERATORS REQUIRE ROUTINE SERVICE CHECKS.....EVEN THOUGH...DA ELECTRICITY IS WORKING PERFECTLY....,!!!!!.........Ya dont waits fer it to break down fore ya start looking for parts etc to fix it...!!!!......MUDDA TEK SIC DRED....,!!!!!!!....What mighin well be a 25* washer...or tension spring....or someting needin some WD40....now wind up costing thousamds of lost man hours of productivity......pore people taxpaying money down the drain.....!!!.....People needs to be fired...for not doing their jobs in not servicing these machines...DOC.....its the people to do with the generator...not the generator......its the people to do with the air conditioners....not the airconditioners.....its the people to do wit buying beds....not PMH...short a beds.....its the people to bury their dead not the morgue all full up Doc...start investigating an firing slackness Doc....!!!!...
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