Page 223 - ecuador2011

221
www.ebizguides.com
Public Services
Ambulance waiting in front of the hospital
of emergencies and disasters caused by adverse
events: natural and anthropogenic factors.
ACTION PLAN
The Directorate of Security Planning for National
Development (DIPLASEDE) is aimed at reducing
vulnerability of the population in case of Emergen-
cies and Disasters. In order to achieve these ob-
jectives, it has developed the following strategies:
• Project for Strengthening the Health Care Sector
of the refugee population in Colombia.
To accomplish these activities there have been
created a Specialized Technical Committee for
Refugees.
The health sector in the country is prepared for
mass casualty care, with its risk maps, emergency
and contingency plans in order to be able to pro-
vide medical care and psychological support to
people in shelters, conduct epidemiological sur-
veillance, control diseases and water quality.
• Interagency Committee of the Medical Emer-
gency Network CIREM.
The Millennium Emergency Network includes the
following objectives:
To provide victims of accidents or emergency situ-
ations with the access to a comprehensive system
of medical services, improve the institutional re-
sponse, mobilization and coordination of available
resources by the institutions of the NHS involved
in hospital and pre-hospital care.
• Hospital Insurance Program.
The primary objective of the program is to have
all the necessary health facilities in the country to
continue operating under previously established
technical, administrative and legal parameters,
adverse events after natural or anthropogenic di-
sasters. For this, it is necessary to meet the three
following criteria:
- Building that is capable of withstanding minimal
damages and resist destructive effects of a great
intensity that occur in the area where it is located
(protection of life).
- Facilities and equipment of health facilities that
are able to resist damaging effects cause by natu-
ral disasters (investment protection).
- The health facility is able to maintain or improve
the production of health services as part of the
network to which it belongs (protection function).
• Monitoring of adverse events.
It consists of monitoring the probability of an ad-
verse event in order to receive an adequate re-
sponse from the health system and thereby to
reduce the impact on the health of the affected
population. Example: Monitoring and control of
the situation of the Tungurahua volcano with the
help of the Geophysical Institute of the National
Polytechnic School.
• Emergency and Contingency Plans
The following plans are developed and imple-
mented to ensure the maximum safety of build-
ings and people working in them, as well as the
maintenance of service delivery in health units,
especially in places characterized by mass con-
centration of people.
• Plan to respond possible pandemic diseases.
(Flu,Influenza)
Northern border: (Health care for refugees)
• Specialized Technical Committees for Refugee
centres.
CIREM
• The network of 18 institutional Emergency Com-
mittees were established in the following provinc-
es: Canar, Sucumbios, Orellana and Imbabura,
Loja, Napo, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, El Oro, Gala-
pagos, Esmeraldas, Pichincha, Pastaza, Bolivar,
Manabí, Guayas, Azuay and Zamora Chinchipe.
HOSPITAL INSURANCE
• 463 units of Hospital Insurance were prepared
to respond adequately emergency situations and
natural disasters.
RISK MANAGEMENT TRAINING.
DIPLASEDE provided training in 22 provinces, on
issues related to Damage Assessment and Needs
Analysis.