Ballia, July 27: After a video of patients being treated in torchlight at the emergency room of the district hospital here went viral, health department officials on Sunday said the situation arose due to a combination of power outage in the area and a technical glitch in the hospital's generator.

Chief Medical Superintendent of Ballia district hospital Dr S K Yadav told PTI Bhasha that power supply in the area was disrupted on Friday evening. The generator that supplies power to the emergency medical building also had a technical problem, resulting in an outage that lasted 45 minutes. Ballia Shocker: Ex-Army Man Hacked Into 6 Pieces by Wife and Lover in Uttar Pradesh, Dumps Body Parts in Polythene; 4 Arrested.

Patients Treated in Torchlight at Ballia Hospital Due to Power Outage

Yadav said that someone might have made a video of the situation and posted it online, which went viral on Saturday. After the issue came to light, a sufficient number of inverters were installed in the emergency medical room and the system has been made efficient, he added.