Power cut at Addu hospital in dispute over electricity subsidy
13 May 2015, 2:36 PM
Ismail Humaam Hamid
A private hospital in Addu City is operating with a backup generator after the state owned utility Fenaka Corporation cut off its power supply.
Fenaka stopped providing electricity to the International Medical and Diagnostic Centre (IMDC) around 1:30pm yesterday after the hospital refused to pay electricity bills in solidarity with other businesses in the southernmost atoll.
Shops and business across the country have refused to pay bills in protest over the government’s decision to cease electricity subsidies in March, which led to monthly charges doubling and tripling in some cases.
“We are running the hospital on our backup generator. However, we still cannot produce enough electricity for the whole hospital,” said IMDC’s manager Fathuhulla Anees.
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