Residents and staff at The Palms Elderly Care Facility faced an unsettling afternoon on Monday when the power went out at around 3 pm, leaving over 300 individuals in darkness for more than four hours. Electricity was finally restored at approximately 7:43 pm. There was no word yesterday from the Ministry of Human Services on this problem.
A staff member, who requested to remain anonymous, explained to SN the cause of the outage: “The main breaker tripped. The electrician was in Berbice, so he had to look for somebody to come. By the time they arrived, it was already night.”
