Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- Hospital spokesperson, Hauwa Dutse, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday evening.

She said four patients were on ventilators in the Intensive Care Unit when the power went out, but only one survived.

Reports say KEDCO disconnected the hospital over an outstanding debt of N949.88 million as of the end of August.

In addition, the company said the hospital must pay its August electricity bill of N108.95 million within 10 working days or face further action.

"The blackout had a direct impact on patients relying on life-support machines. On that day, four patients were admitted in ICU, and sadly, three died as a result of the outage," Hauwa explained.

She added that the issue was later resolved after an eme...