Earthquake resilience at district level hospital in bangladesh. tactic of non- structural elements and social awareness

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
• Author: Abdullah Al Tariq
• Author: Sabrina Sharmin
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Civil Engineering
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Civil Engineering

Abstract (english)

Earthquake is one of those disasters which have a direct and acquit effect on human lives and
settlement. At any disaster event, the importance of hospitals is out of question. Functional
hospitals are a cornerstone in a coordinated national disaster response and without it the
health consequence could be disastrous. Vulnerability assessment for non-structural elements
of a hospital is very important to keep it functional during and after a disaster event. By taking
mitigation measures according to vulnerability assessment of non-structural elements of a
hospital it is very easy to serve during the time of emergency. Bangladesh is one of the most
earthquake vulnerable countries in the world. Moreover, the north-east region of the country is
lying on most threatening zone of seismic hazard. Lalmonirhat Sadar hospital is a district level
tertiary hospital, similar to other district level hospitals in structural and service facilities. As
lacking in proper non-structural vulnerability assessment process, mitigation system to reduce
disaster impact developed not so far. In methodology the non-structural elements were assessed
by WHO guidelines and questionnaire survey were conducted amond 400 hospital users and
employees to assess the social awareness under 5 category with 25 subcategory. There are 58
types of medical facilities in Lalmonirhat hospital and most of them are in vulnerable situation
during the earthquake in Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale measures. The continuous values
derived from the sub-variables under 5 variables of social awareness factors is compounded into
a total score which has the range of 25. The final score out of 25 is 7.93 which indicate low level of
social awareness of the hospital users for the earthquake awareness. This lower score encourage
to develop an effective vulnerability mitigation plan for non-structural elements of a hospital to
reduce hazard impact on health facility

• Keywords (english): Resilience, Non-structural elements, Health facility, Sadar Hospital, Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale, Mitigation plan
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Unknown
• Publication version: Published version
• Publication title: 1st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 1CroCEE
• Numbering: pp. 187-198
• p-ISSN: 3043-8071
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/1CroCEE.2021.215
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:237:287515
• Publication: 2021-03
• Conference: Title: st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering; Location: Zagreb, Croatia; Start date: 2021-03-22; End date: 2021-03-24; Assembly type: Lecture
• Type of resource: Text
• Publisher: Sveučilište u Zagrebu Građevinski fakultet
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-09-02 05:56:52