Jalandhar, July 15 -- Almost half of the Jalandhar civil hospital premises witnessed an outage for more than 30 hours, forcing the authorities to shift the patients from the emergency ward to the trauma centre, officials said on Tuesday.

The electricity went off at 6 am on Monday after the underground power line was affected due to the ongoing sewage pipeline laying work at the hospital. The supply was restored on Tuesday evening, but the patients were yet to be shifted back to the emergency ward, said Dr Namita Ghai, the hospital's medical superintendent.

She said such disruptions have been witnessed since June 23 after the digging work began. "Electricians from the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), public works departmen...