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More than 150 hospital and healthcare sector stakeholders from medical institutions in and around Delhi today attended a workshop to promote earthquake risk management, held as part of a campaign to reduce earthquake risk in hospital facilities in Delhi. The workshop, "Integrating Earthquake Risk Mitigation into Hospital Facilities Planning," was supported by Swiss Re, a leading reinsurer, and organised by US-based NGO GeoHazards International and the Delhi Disaster Management Authority of the Government of NCT of Delhi.
As part of the Earthquake Safety Initiative for Lifeline Buildings in Delhi, top Indian and international experts conducted sessions on non-structural mitigation measures in hospital buildings, reviewed best-practice and looked at ways to ensure minimal disruption post-disaster, as well as seismic retrofitting in existing buildings.
Delhi is located in the second-highest zone of earthquake hazard in India. The 2001 Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat, a recent event in India, recorded* over 20,000 fatalities, 166,000 injured, approximately 348,000 buildings destroyed and 844,000 damaged in the Bhuj-Ahmadabad-Rajkot area, leaving 600,000 homeless. The Indian State Department estimated that the earthquake affected, directly or indirectly, 15.9 million people and estimated direct economic losses at $1.3 billion. These statistics reveal that casualties, damage and disruption caused by an earthquake affecting an urban centre are vast when no risk mitigation measures are in place.
"Proactive risk mitigation is a key factor in preparing for and providing possible relief against the human, social and economic consequences of natural disasters," stated Dhananjay Date, Managing Director of Swiss Re Services India Private Limited. He added, "Swiss Re is delighted to be part of this community, focused on helping earthquake-prone areas better protect themselves before disaster strikes, and not wait until after a disaster to channel aid and funding."
L. Thomas Tobin, Chief Operating Officer, GeoHazards International said, "We have worked for years with scientists and engineers from India and other countries, helping communities threatened by earthquakes reduce death and suffering, so that they are able to develop and prosper." Mr Tobin added, "Today, we welcome Swiss Re, a major international risk management company to our campaign. Today's workshop is a good example of government agencies, private companies and an NGO working together to address earthquake risk."
While a number of efforts to improve earthquake safety are being implemented, the needs are significant and much work remains to ensure Delhi's hospitals are prepared to handle a major earthquake disaster.
More than 150 hospital and healthcare sector stakeholders from medical institutions in and around Delhi today attended a workshop to promote earthquake risk management, held as part of a campaign to reduce earthquake risk in hospital facilities in Delhi. The workshop, "Integrating Earthquake Risk Mitigation into Hospital Facilities Planning," was supported by Swiss Re, a leading reinsurer, and organised by US-based NGO GeoHazards International and the Delhi Disaster Management Authority of the Government of NCT of Delhi.
As part of the Earthquake Safety Initiative for Lifeline Buildings in Delhi, top Indian and international experts conducted sessions on non-structural mitigation measures in hospital buildings, reviewed best-practice and looked at ways to ensure minimal disruption post-disaster, as well as seismic retrofitting in existing buildings.
Delhi is located in the second-highest zone of earthquake hazard in India. The 2001 Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat, a recent event in India, recorded* over 20,000 fatalities, 166,000 injured, approximately 348,000 buildings destroyed and 844,000 damaged in the Bhuj-Ahmadabad-Rajkot area, leaving 600,000 homeless. The Indian State Department estimated that the earthquake affected, directly or indirectly, 15.9 million people and estimated direct economic losses at $1.3 billion. These statistics reveal that casualties, damage and disruption caused by an earthquake affecting an urban centre are vast when no risk mitigation measures are in place.
"Proactive risk mitigation is a key factor in preparing for and providing possible relief against the human, social and economic consequences of natural disasters," stated Dhananjay Date, Managing Director of Swiss Re Services India Private Limited. He added, "Swiss Re is delighted to be part of this community, focused on helping earthquake-prone areas better protect themselves before disaster strikes, and not wait until after a disaster to channel aid and funding."
L. Thomas Tobin, Chief Operating Officer, GeoHazards International said, "We have worked for years with scientists and engineers from India and other countries, helping communities threatened by earthquakes reduce death and suffering, so that they are able to develop and prosper." Mr Tobin added, "Today, we welcome Swiss Re, a major international risk management company to our campaign. Today's workshop is a good example of government agencies, private companies and an NGO working together to address earthquake risk."
While a number of efforts to improve earthquake safety are being implemented, the needs are significant and much work remains to ensure Delhi's hospitals are prepared to handle a major earthquake disaster.
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