By Anak Dut

The Assistant Medical Director at Juba Teaching Hospital, Lucky Gloria Ambrose has decried the unreliable electricity supply at the country’s main hospital.

Gloria said the hospital was supposed to be a hotline where electricity runs twenty-four hours and free of charge.

“It is not the case because we have children who are in the oxygen.  Once electricity goes off, life becomes miserable for parents and the babies will die,” she said.

She continued that even in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the electricity often goes off.

Also, access to water is still a challenge in such a big institution, which should not be the case, said Gloria

“Even if we say we are buying water, it will always not be enough because the population is big.”

Zakariah Malel, the President of the Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of South Sudan also decried the poor hygiene at the hospital.

He said they have a very high maternity rate in South Sudan and it is one of the contributing factors for high maternity rate in the country.

“For us to reduce the high maternity rate we have to ensure that we have accurate waste management.” 

“We should know how to dispose the waste, and where to put food, the medical waste so that we don’t harm the patients, who are admitted for treatment.  We don’t harm the relatives of the patients who come to the facility.”

Meanwhile, yesterday, Juba Teaching Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Department in partnership with Amref Health Africa, with support from UNFPA and in collaboration with the Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of South Sudan (AGOSS) carried out a cleaning exercise at Juba Teaching Hospital aimed at promoting health and showcasing progress in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department.