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6.2. Hospital care

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6.2.1.Hospital admission and treatmentatencion hospitalaria

The alerted hospitals should activate their contingency mechanisms, based on pre-established disaster preparedness plans that define the measures to be put in place to transfer the routine organization of health services into a system to respond to the emergency, using all the institution’s resources. Hospital-based triage teams may reclassify patients upon admission. Read more about hospital disaster preparedness and consider a Disaster Planning Checklist.

 

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6.3. Management of dead bodies

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manejo de cadaveresIn natural disasters, the management of dead bodies is not the responsibility of the ministry of health. However, in epidemics (such as cholera), where the disinfection of bodies is important, the ministry of health must take the necessary public health measures.

 

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