Indonesian doctors were forced to operate on three patients without electricity following a power failure in a hospital with no emergency generator backup, relatives said Thursday.
The abdominal, orthopedic and ear-nose-throat surgeries were conducted Wednesday for an hour without pumps or lights, horrifying waiting family members.
The generator at Labuang Baji hospital in Makassar, a major city on central Sulawesi island had been broken for more than a year and a replacement had not yet arrived, said hospital spokeswoman Sri Fausyia.
Family members wept in fear when the power failed, but the patients survived the ordeal, relatives said.
Sahara Daeng Sunggu, 45, was undergoing reconstructive surgery for chronic hemorrhoids when the electricity went out, panicking the family, said Ismi, a relative who goes by only one name.
"We were very worried, the power went out for more than an hour and we didn't know how she was doing in there," he said.
State-owned electricity monopolist PLN said the hospital was at fault for not having a backup generator, company spokesman Yamin Loleh said.
Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy with 235 million people, is struggling to meet growing energy needs and rolling blackouts have become routine in some areas.
Domestic coal is mostly exported to India and China for greater profit, causing fuel shortages at home. And although Indonesia is a member of OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, it has become a net importer of oil.
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