The quake and tsunami of Japan had truly shattered the world….The ED staff had a small discussion on it…It is not the quake that frightened us, it was the nuclear reactor crisis. We had always been the 2nd level rescue hospital however the equipment and training we had is far away to manage a true disaster. What we had gone true focus on managing 2 patients – yes, 2 patients at a time. We were always allocated with 2 patients…we had never given the scenario with a massive suspected contamination. Even though the no 3 plant is 60km away, but we never prepare for a true disaster. We had drilled to duel with incident only.
Everything we had are merely on the paper…there was this massive food poisoning incident happened in KH county(now part of the KH metropolitan), the responsible hospital where the famous KXXMH and the handling was bombarded severely during the post mortem…
The final conclusion is we are not prepared…..
Some columnist had commented vigorously on the subject but most of the them were only partially right – still, everything is think and then said, no where better than a paper drill….
The hospital had not discussed it as the area is relatively safe from any immerse disaster. But there was this report that caught my attention.
The manila trench is currently a real threat to the southern part of Taiwan. If there is any earth quake occurred in that region, there would only be minutes before the tsunami would hit the southern part of Taiwan. The place I stay is relatively safe – 10+km from the nearest coast line. The Japan Tsunami wave had stormed 6km into the inland. However the hospital I worked in is just along the beach….
Hopefully the hospital building is strong enough to survive the wave…
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