KATHMANDU , April 7: Experts today called authorities concerned to prepare hospitals and health personnel ready to tackle with emergency situations during natural disasters.
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Speaking at a program organized today to mark the World Health Day at the National Health Training Centre in Teku, WHO representative to Nepal Dr Alexander Andjaparidze stressed the need for preparedness on the part of hospitals for disaster situations. The World Health Day was marked with the slogan “Save Lives: Make Hospitals Safe in Emergencies. Health Secretary Dr Sudha Sharma shared her own experience on how unprepared she was when an earthquake occurred while performing an operation at the Senior Divisional Engineer at Department of Urban Development and Building Construction Rajuman Manandhar highlighted the challenges that his department faced while constructing health facilities in . He said difficult terrain and lack of adequate funding associated with unpractical policies were to be blamed for poor construction of health facilities. He said many health posts and hospitals were yet to use quake-resistant technologies.
“During 1996-2005, natural disasters killed 536,176 people in the
South East Asia region. The deaths were 58 percent of the total global deaths from disasters,” Andjaparidze quoted from the message issued by South East Asia Regional Director of WHO Dr Samlee Plianbangchang.
Minister for Health and Population Giriraj Mani Pokharel stressed the need to improve health facilities so that they can tackle with emergency situations.
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Hospital a few years ago. “All I could do was hold my patient and cry while everyone panicked and left,” she said. Sharma informed that had not received any disaster preparedness training so far.
The WHO representative lauded along with for developing tools to ensure safety of health facilities.
