What is it about?
This study shed light on damage to water supply facilities and the state of water resource operation at disaster base hospitals in Miyagi Prefecture (Japan) in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011). This results should lead to identifying issues concerning the operational continuity of hospitals in the event of a disaster.
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Why is it important?
The present survey showed that it is possible to minimize the disruption and reduction of hospital functions in the event of a disaster by proper maintenance of water supply facilities and by ensuring alternative water resources, such as well water.
Perspectives
It is also clear that it is desirable to conclude water supply agreements and formulate strategic water allocation plans in preparation for the eventuality of a long-term interruption to water services in an event of a disaster. The results of this study are one of the elements that are based on the concept of the business continuity plan in a disaster base hospital.
Daisuke Kudo
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This page is a summary of: Water Supply Facility Damage and Water Resource Operation at Disaster Base Hospitals in Miyagi Prefecture in the Wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, February 2015, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x15000084.
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