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  • Nonstructural Safety of Hospitals for Disasters: A Comparison Between Two Capital Cities

  • Ahmadreza Djalali, Ali Ardalan, Gunnar Ohlen, Pier Luigi Ingrassia, Francesco Della Corte, Maaret Castren, Lisa Kurland
  • Journal:
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness / Volume 8 / Issue 2 / April 2014
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    07 April 2014, pp. 179-184
  • Objective

    Hospitals are expected to function as a safe environment during disasters, but many become unusable because of nonstructural damage. This study compares the nonstructural safety of hospitals to disasters in Tehran and Stockholm.

    Methods

    Hospital safety in Tehran and Stockholm was assessed between September 24, 2012, and April 5, 2013, with use of the nonstructural module of the hospital safety index from the World Health Organization. Hospital safety was categorized as safe, at risk, or inadequate.

    Results

    All 4 hospitals in Stockholm were classified as safe, while 2 hospitals in Tehran were at risk and 3 were safe. The mean nonstructural safety index was 90% ± 2.4 SD for the hospitals in Stockholm and 64% ± 17.4 SD for those in Tehran (P = .014).

    Conclusions

    The level of hospital safety, with respect to disasters, was not related to local vulnerability. Future studies on hospital safety should assess other factors such as legal and financial issues. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2014;0:1-6)