# Bihar hospital patients treated under mobile torch after power cut 2026-08-08T14:52:09+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Patients at Sasaram's Sadar Hospital in Rohtas district, Bihar, were treated under mobile phone torchlight after a sudden power outage in the emergency ward. Videos of the incident went viral on social media, prompting an inquiry by local authorities. District Magistrate Deepak Kumar Mishra said the outage lasted roughly two minutes and was caused by a tripped Miniature Circuit Breaker. The hospital has a separate transformer and backup generators, but they failed to prevent the darkness. A team has been formed to investigate whether emergency power systems worked as intended. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in Tags: Bihar, healthcare infrastructure, inquiry, power outage, Rohtas district, Sadar Hospital Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bihar-hospital-patients-treated-under-mobile-torch-after-power-cut/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bihar-hospital-patients-treated-under-mobile-torch-after-power-cut/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.