#Loadshedding: #Covid
1. The nurses are making the beds. And we are sitting in chairs.The mood is jovial.We have been keeping each other’s spirits up.Someone is taking orders for coffee.The lights are on.
And then it’s just dark.Pitch black.Everything goes off.And we sit there
1. The nurses are making the beds. And we are sitting in chairs.The mood is jovial.We have been keeping each other’s spirits up.Someone is taking orders for coffee.The lights are on.
And then it’s just dark.Pitch black.Everything goes off.And we sit there
#Loadshedding #Covid
2. A nurse rushes in. Cellphone in hand - torched. She is heading for the 3rd bed. His oxygen system is not lined to the new power supply that will kick in. Other nurses rush in. They grab their phones. And it’s dark. We’re still just sitting there..
2. A nurse rushes in. Cellphone in hand - torched. She is heading for the 3rd bed. His oxygen system is not lined to the new power supply that will kick in. Other nurses rush in. They grab their phones. And it’s dark. We’re still just sitting there..
#Loadshedding #Covid
3. They don’t panic. And I’m wondering why. But I can see that this drill has been done 100 times. They know what they are doing. Some nurses in the passages ensure everybody is accounted for. Escorted to their rooms. From my seat I’m counting the seconds..
3. They don’t panic. And I’m wondering why. But I can see that this drill has been done 100 times. They know what they are doing. Some nurses in the passages ensure everybody is accounted for. Escorted to their rooms. From my seat I’m counting the seconds..
#Loadshedding #Covid
4. And it feels like an eternity. Has it been 30 seconds of darkness already? It feels longer.
The patient is off the old system and onto a new one.. and then you hear the jerk and grunt of the new energy supply as the first lights flicker..
4. And it feels like an eternity. Has it been 30 seconds of darkness already? It feels longer.
The patient is off the old system and onto a new one.. and then you hear the jerk and grunt of the new energy supply as the first lights flicker..
#Loadshedding #Covid
5. And the generator is heard roaring from the building below. The lights are back up. The oxygen is flowing. And the nurses appear out of the darkness. I can’t help it. I put my hands together. And the other patients do the same
The ordeal started at 20h00
5. And the generator is heard roaring from the building below. The lights are back up. The oxygen is flowing. And the nurses appear out of the darkness. I can’t help it. I put my hands together. And the other patients do the same
The ordeal started at 20h00
#Loadshedding #Covid
It’s an hour and a half in now .. and the generator is alive. Pumping energy into this building - keeping the lights on. And oxygen flowing to each and every person that needs it.
It’s an hour and a half in now .. and the generator is alive. Pumping energy into this building - keeping the lights on. And oxygen flowing to each and every person that needs it.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
