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A Study of Hospital Disaster Preparedness in South Yemen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Waheeb Nasr Naser ,
Pier Luigi Ingrassia ,
Salem Aladhrae  and
Wegdan Ali Abdulraheem
Waheeb Nasr Naser*
Affiliation:
King Khalid Hospital Najran, Najran, Saudi Arabia
Pier Luigi Ingrassia
Affiliation:
CRIMEDIM, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
Salem Aladhrae
Affiliation:
Security Forces Hospital Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Wegdan Ali Abdulraheem
Affiliation:
Al-Joumhuriyah Teaching Hospital, Aden, Yemen
*
Correspondence: Waheeb Nasr Naser, MD, JBEM, EMDM King Khalid Hospital Najran Najran, Saudi Arabia E-mail: waheeb_nasr@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Introduction

Despite emphasis by disaster experts on the importance of disaster preparedness, disaster management in Yemen has attracted only a little attention. Most of the efforts have focused on post-disaster relief activities rather than the pre-disaster preparedness and risk reduction. Hospitals have a crucial role in emergency response and should be prepared. Thus, the aim of this study was intended to assess the hospital preparedness of Aden Capital, South Yemen against disasters.

Method

A cross-sectional study was conducted in June 2016. The sample was all Aden City facilities with a total number of 10 hospitals: five public and five private hospitals. A survey was done by using the World Health Organization (WHO; Geneva, Switzerland) standards checklist 2011.

Results

The overall preparedness of Aden City hospitals to disasters fell at the unacceptable level of readiness, with an average mean of 46.6 (SD = 38.31; range 24-82). Of 10 hospitals, two ranked insufficient while eight hospitals were at unacceptable levels of preparedness.

Conclusion

All hospitals were noted grossly unprepared for potential disasters. Therefore, it is recommended that greater efforts be invested in creating a comprehensive strategy and national or local guidelines to establish an emergency management system based on the anticipated hazard and the needed resources.

NaserWN , IngrassiaPL , AladhraeS , AbdulraheemWA . A Study of Hospital Disaster Preparedness in South Yemen. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018;33(2):133–138.

Keywords

Adendisasterhospital preparednessWHOYemen

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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 2018 , pp. 133 - 138
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© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2018 

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Conflicts of interest: none

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