Brief Report on Earthquake Reconnaissance after the M 8.8 February 27th 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake
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Chile Earthquake of February 27, 2010 Reconnaissance Report on Hospitals
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IRIDeS Fact-finding and Relationship-building Mission to Nepal
Nepal Earthquake 2015 Post Disaster Needs Assessment Vol. A: Key Findings
OSHPD Hospital Reports and Presentations
Hospital Performance in the August 24, 2014 in the South Napa Earthquake Short Reportrt by Ali Sumer, OSHPD EOC OSHPD Shortened Preliminary Presentation on the South Napa Earthquake by OSHPD EOC
Hospital and School Damage
Media coverage has reported damage to the hospital in Amatrice due to the earthquake. The NY Timesreported that that the hospital had to be evacuated; however, patients were not injured. The elementary school in Amatrice was also damaged during the earthquake. This school had a seismic retrofit in 2012. The damage to the school and other structures is the […]
Push for Mobile Hospitals in Italy
The Amatrice Earthquake highlighted the need for mobile hospitals after an earthquake. The Amatrice Earthquake severely damaged the local hospital causing emergency vehicles to reroute to neighboring towns. Figure 1 shows the state of the hosptial after the earthquake. Figure 1. Amatrice Hospital after the earthquake (photo crowd sourced from Instagram). Italy has been using […]
EERI/PEER team visits San Salvatore hospital
During our (limited) site visit we observed very little structural damage. Unfortunately the structural damage that did occur is located in crital areas. There is severe column damage in the farmacy area, which is considered to pose a collapse hazard. Operating theaters are located at the floor above the farmacy, and as a result could […]
Performance of Hospitals: Bunda Medical Centre
Both towers suffered extensive damage in the earthquake, though neither is in danger of collapse. The hospital staff has evacuated both buildings and has erected a tent in the parking lot to provide clinical services. One of the nurses told us that everyone, including patients, were able to safely evacuate the buildings after the earthquake […]
Performance of Hospitals: M. Djamil
There are 13 separate buildings on the campus and two of them, the outpatient services building and the building that include the laboratories, sustained substantial structural damage. Despite this, M. Djamil has remained open to patients following the earthquake. The hospital also sustained minor damage in the 2007 earthquakes. The significant earthquake damage was to the […]