3 Patients Died When Power Firm Cut Supply – Aminu Kano Hospital

At slightest 3 patients astatine the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) successful Kano State person been confirmed dormant pursuing a caller powerfulness chopped astatine the installation by the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO).

The facility’s spokesperson, Mrs Hauwa Inuwa Dutse, confirmed the incidental to journalists successful Kano, explaining that 4 patients were successful the ICU earlier the abrupt powerfulness cut.

“Yes, 4 Patients were successful the ICU erstwhile the powerfulness proviso was cut. Three died, 1 survived,” Hauwa said.
Earlier, Mrs Dutse, successful a connection released connected Monday evening, highlighted that KEDCO has reconnected the Hospital to the nationalist grid pursuing a important meeting.

She said the powerfulness restoration came aft discussions betwixt AKTH’s Chief Medical Director, Professor Abdurrahman Sheshe, KEDCO’s Managing Director, Dr Abubakar Jimeta, and Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Bakori.

According to her, pursuing the meeting, the KEDCO Managing Director instantly directed institution engineers to reconnect energy to the aesculapian field.

“The infirmary absorption expressed gratitude to some the Commissioner of Police and KEDCO’s Managing Director for their swift involution during what was described arsenic a challenging play for the aesculapian institution,” she stated.

While thanking the nationalist for their patience and knowing during the powerfulness outage, she reaffirmed management’s committedness to settling each outstanding energy bills. She assured the nationalist that diligent information and continuity of healthcare services stay their superior concern.

Meanwhile, KEDCO, successful a connection issued by its spokesperson, Bala Sani, said energy proviso to AKTH has been restored pursuing reports of disconnection allegedly causing nonaccomplishment of lives, adding that the hospitals is conscionable trying to blackmail them.

He said the outage resulted from KEDCO’s effort to abstracted the hospital’s main field (connected to a precedence 33kV feeder with a 22-hour regular supply) from unit residential areas.
He noted that AKTH absorption resisted this separation, starring to strategy faults.

“He noted that arsenic of August 2025, the infirmary owed N949,880,922.45 successful outstanding energy bills, with lone partial monthly payments being made.

Sani further emphasised that the separation was indispensable for a reliable infirmary powerfulness proviso and requested absorption practice to guarantee uninterrupted work to this captious healthcare facility.
Sani said, “the infirmary is conscionable trying to blackmail them arsenic the airy had been restored adjacent earlier the outburst”.

Sani said the incidental arose from an ongoing process to abstracted the main infirmary field and wellness facilities from the unit residential complex.

He said, “The main field and wellness facilities are connected to the top-priority 33kV Zaria Road feeder, enjoying an mean of 22 hours of regular proviso nether Band A services.