Doctors in Portugal Call for Assessment of Hospitals’ Resilience to Disasters

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Bastonário Carlos Cortes warns: hospitals cannot become "more a victim" in catastrophes. FUNDEC's report has already identified serious vulnerabilities in Lisbon and Algarve.

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Earthquake in Colombia reignites alert: Can Portuguese hospitals withstand an earthquake? Order of Physicians calls for national assessment and periodic drills to cope with a catastrophe.

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In a statement expressing solidarity with the Colombian people, the victims and their families following the recent earthquake, the Order of Physicians (OM) underlines the importance of knowing the national capacity to maintain essential services, guaranteeing emergency energy, communications, water and oxygen supplies, medicines, blood, information systems and evacuation circuits. .Portugal is a country with seismic risk and must ensure that it…

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Objective is to see if they can maintain essential services and identify weaknesses

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This assessment "must identify vulnerabilities, set investment priorities and ensure effective care continuity plans".