Patients under siege as Marina 'blacks out'

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There was chaos at the Princess Marina Hospital as vital wards such as the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), maternity wards and the accidents and emergency wards were plunged into hours of darkness yesterday evening.

Medical workers fled the darkness and hid in one corner while patients struggled for dear life in the dark wards.

Mmegi can confirm that the front back-up generator failed to work at the facility, placing the patients at high risk of death as power outages rocked Gaborone.

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