Dagestan Residents Use Generators for Life-Support Devices
In Dagestan, over 40,000 people lost electricity due to bad weather and poor condition of power lines, forcing residents to use gasoline generators to power life-saving equipment like artificial lung ventilators (ИВЛ).
Consensus
- More than 40,000 people in Dagestan lost electricity.
- The power outages were caused by bad weather and poor condition of power transmission lines.
- Residents are using gasoline generators to power essential medical equipment, including artificial lung ventilators (ИВЛ).
- The most severe problems occurred in Charodinsky and Botlikhsky districts, where over 20 villages lost power.
- Difficulties were also reported in Kayakentsky district and Derbent.
- Around 10,000 homes in mountainous areas were without electricity.
- One resident reported using a generator to power an ИВЛ for her child.
Points of divergence
- The funds allocated for network modernization in Dagestan from 2023 to 2026 amounted to 8.5 billion rubles. — riamo
- Despite massive capital investments in network upgrades, power outages continue. — tg_mash
Coverage (3 sources)
- In Dagestan, ventilators are connected to generators due to power outages — РИАМО
- Due to power outages in Dagestan, gasoline generators are used — Вести
- IVL connects to gasoline generators in Dagestan — due to bad weather and poor power line condition, more than 40 thousand... — Mash