HOSPITAL WE STAND
That all started in 1994 after Geologists
called it “Landers Earthquake” ordinary people called it “North Ridge
Earthquake” on one clear beautiful morning in California. Some historic
buildings, city halls, bridges, apartments collapsed, cars crushed with human
fatalities, most important of all, hospitals stopped working because there are no
seismic restraints on moving machines. Medical
equipments in hospitals stopped working, malfunctioned and quit treating
the most important assets on this universe, human beings and animals.
After this disaster then President William
Jefferson Clinton signed the amendment in Federal Constitution that all six
hundred and fifty (650) hospitals in California have to be seismic retrofitted
within certain time frame and Federal Government will fund fifty percent (50%)
and the other half will be taken care of by Private Healthcare Groups.
I was involved in brand new 500 bed, 500,000 square feet (2) hospital
construction from the beginning to the end, from the basement to the 9th floor roof where our large all (20)100, 0000# air handling units were sitting, it took (6) years total to be
perfect along with sufficient seismic retrofitting. One (1) renovation projects
for (2) years, renovation on vintage hospital is a lifetime job. It was built
in 1919 and one of most prestigious still functioning Naval Medical Center
The main cause for this effort is that to
save precious human lives and that’s it. Hospitals will never stop again in the
future in case of any disaster. Hospitals keep treating hospital patients and
incoming patients in from disaster areas. Japan is the first nation on this
globe to post “Hospital We Stand” sign proudly during Fukushima disaster
showing that their hospitals are fully functioning in time of horrific
combination of Tsunami and Earthquake on their Volcanic Island
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