HOSPITAL WE STAND
That all started in 1994 after Geologists called it “Landers
Earthquake” some 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 engineered
protection. Machines in hospitals broke, 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 immediately and Federal Government
will fund fifty percent (50%) and the other half will be taken care of by
Private Healthcare Groups.
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 flag “Hospital We Stand” sign proudly during Fukushima disaster
showing their hospitals are fully functioning in time of horrific combination
of Tsunami and Earthquake on their Volcanic Island. I am aware that Taiwan Island
nation also follow the same practice too since they have the same building code
as California UBC
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