What is the advantages of disaster management
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The 6th World Construction Symposium 2017: What's New and What's Next in the Built Environment Sustainability Agenda? 30 June - 02 July 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka THE IMPORTANCE OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT & IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS ON HOSPITALS ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to study and explore the importance of hospitals in natural disaster events and identifying some impacts on the hospitals in natural disaster events. A disaster is an unforeseen event, which can overwhelm the capacity of the affected people to manage its impact. Many people are periodically exposed to natural disasters in their life, and most disasters, or more correctly hazards that lead to disasters, cannot be prevented. However, their effects can be mitigated. Disaster management efforts aim to reduce or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and appropriate assistance to the victims of a disaster, and achieve a rapid and effective recovery. It is crucial that hospitals remain safe and functional during and after disasters. Health facilities at all levels deserve special attention in the case of natural disasters as they must continue the work of current patient treatment within their facilities and provide care for persons injured by the disaster event. Disaster management becomes even more important for hospitals as the health sector has been particularly vulnerable to the damage caused. For this study, secondary information was retrieved from the Internet on sudden-onset natural disasters in different parts of the world. This study found some barriers and deliverables for disaster managers that can mitigate the risk of a natural disaster’s impact on a hospital. Accordingly, this paper evaluates the importance of disaster management for hospitals and the challenges that need to be considered during the disaster response. 1. INTRODUCTION Huder (2012) defines disaster events as a pebble drop in a pond where the pebble impacts the surface of the pond and ripples outwards; in the case of a natural disaster, this impact is often felt throughout a community. A disaster can be an unforeseen event; it can overwhelm the capacities of those affected, and disrupt many normal human activities (Tomasini & Van Wassenhove, 2004). Many people are periodically exposed to at least one natural disaster in their life (Lin Moe et al, 2006), and most disasters, or more correctly hazards that lead to disasters, cannot be prevented; however, their effects can be minimized. As communities worldwide face the increasing frequency and variety of disasters, there is an urgent need to reduce the risk from disaster (Lin Moe et al, 2006). Within this context, disaster management is significant as it can mitigate the effects; such efforts aim to reduce or avoid the potential losses from hazards, assure prompt and appropriate assistance to the victims of disaster, and achieve a rapid and effective recovery. Disaster management becomes even more important for hospitals as the health sector has been particularly vulnerable to disaster. Health facilities, at all levels, deserve special attention in the case of natural disasters, as they must continue patient treatment and as well as care for those injured by the event (Eybpoosh, Dikmen, & Talat Birgonul, 2011). At any given time, hospitals have a population of patients, staff, visitors, and transient patients, but in a disaster event, the number may rapidly and substantially increase. The security and safety of all patients and occupants must be secured whilst continuing ongoing treatments and support services (Salamati et al, 2016). It is also important that promotion and prevention programs are not suspended, such as prenatal care and hemodialysis.