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Trop Doct 2008;38:260
doi:10.1258/td.2007.070308
© 2008 Royal Society of Medicine Press

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Unforeseen difficulties faced by a hospital in dealing with mass disaster victims

Shabir Ahmed Dhar MBBS MS      Arshiya Hamid MBBS MD     Shahzada Mohammed Salim Khan MBBS MD     Mohammed Farooq Butt MBBS MS  

Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir 190001, India

Correspondence to: Shabir Ahmed Dhar Email: shabirdhar{at}yahoo.co.in

Every major mass disaster challenges the health care services, especially in the third world. These challenges include the expected situations mainly pertaining to the overload of patients and the stretching of hospital facilities. We report our experiences about several unforseen challenges faced by our hospital in the 2005 earthquake that struck the Kashmir region.


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