Health Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , h.seyedin@iums.ac.ir
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Introduction:Earthquake is one type of
natural disasters which results in massive physical, economical and life
losses. As it is an unexpected phenomena, it is necessary to plan for
mitigation and preparedness of the cause. This research was aimed at assessing
the vulnerability of general hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
at time of earthquake.
Materials
and Methods: In this descriptive study, disaster risk in
all 6 general hospitals at Tehran University of Medical Sciences were examined
in three dimensions of structural, nonstructural and managerial with informant
personnel. Data were collected by the "Hospital Disaster Risk
Assessment" instrument developed by "World
Health Organization". The face and content validity and reliability
of this instrument have been confirmed in similar studies. The result was
analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel 2007 software.
Findings:
Structural vulnerability of all 6 hospitals was at intermediate
safety level with a minimum of 12 and maximum of 18 points. Considering
nonstructural vulnerability 4 hospitals had high safety level and 2
hospitals had intermediate level. Findings of managerial vulnerability
assessment indicate that 5 hospitals had high safety level and 1 hospital was
in low level. The minimum and maximum scores of this section were 48 and 99.
Conclusion:
Majority of hospitals were in the intermediate level of safety, In the event of
an earthquake with moderate intensity the residents of the hospitals might be
safe from damages, but they will not be able to provide uninterrupted services.To
improve safety levels of hospitals, re-locating different sections of hospitals
is recommended.
Seyedin H, Abasi Dolat Abadi Z, Sorani M, Naghdi S, Rajabfard Mazraeno F. Vulnerability assessment of general hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. JHPM 2014; 3 (2) :65-71 URL: http://jhpm.ir/article-1-249-en.html