HOSPITAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM
Hospital Disaster Preparedness Program – ROJoson’s Exceptional Achievements and Excellent Contribution to Society in the Local, National and International Level
How ROJoson Got Involved in Hospital Disaster Preparedness Program
In the summer of 1990, ROJoson completed his Master in Hospital Administration (MHA) in the University of the Philippines College of Public Health (UP-CPH). In the first semester of school-year 1991-1992, Dr. Art Pesigan, then a faculty of UP-CPH, offered a 1-unit course in Disaster Management. This was the first course ever to be offered by the UP-CPH. When ROJoson heard about it, despite the fact that he was done with his MHA, because of his interest to learn disaster management, he enrolled.
He tried to apply what he learned in disaster management in Manila Doctors Hospital (MDH) by formulating a disaster preparedness plan for the hospital in 1992. However, the disaster preparedness program was NOT sustained until 2005 when as head of the Corporate Planning Office, he reactivated it.
ROJoson’s Achievements and Contributions to Society in the Local, National and International Level
From 2005 to 2019 (14 years), ROJoson was deeply involved in hospital disaster preparedness programs, as:
· Chair of the MDH Disaster Preparedness Committee (2005 to 2007)
· Adviser of MDH Safety Promotion and Disaster Preparedness Committee (2005 to 2014)
· Chair of the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center Department of Surgery Disaster Preparedness Committee (2001 to 2014)
· Facilitator, Online Collaborative and Interactive Learning (OCIL) on Hospital Disaster Preparedness Programs and Safe Hospital Initiative (Google Sites, Wordpress.com, Facebook)
· Initiator of a structured OMMC Department of Surgery Code White Alert System
· Initiator of Rain-Flood-Wind Situation Preparedness Program including MDH Perimeter Flood Advisory Project
· Consultant, WHO-DOH Central Office Earthquake Business Continuity Plan, November 27, 2015 to December 15, 2015
· Consultant, Zamboanga City Medical Center Earthquake Business Continuity Program (2016)
· Lecturer, UP College of Public Health (MHA Classes and Short Courses) on hospital disaster program and safe hospital initiative (2013 to 2018)
· Resource Person, and Module Writer and Facilitator in hospital disaster program and safe hospital initiative for WHO (Western Pacific Region):
o Module Writer and Facilitator - Hospital Emergency Response Plan – Module for WHO – WPRO Regional Training Course for Mass Casualty Management and Hospital Preparedness – 2007 (September 24-28, 2007, Phnom Penh, Cambodia)
o Module Writer and Facilitator - Hospital Emergency Response Plan – Module for WHO – WPRO Regional Training Course for Mass Casualty Management and Hospital Preparedness – 2008 (November 24-28, 2008, Vientiane, Laos)
o Module Writer – Training on Safe Hospitals in Disasters – Module for WHO – WPRO Regional Training Course for Safe Hospitals in Disasters – 2009 (February 2-4, 2009)
o Facilitator – WHO-WPRO Training in Hospital and Health Facility Emergency Exercises, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 22-26, 2011
o Module Writer and Facilitator – National Training on Safe Hospitals in Sri Lanka – September 22 – 24, 2014)
o Consultant, Sri Lanka Safe Hospitals Initiative Strategic Plan, WHO SEARO, October 5 to 19, 2015
IMPACT:
Promoting safe hospital initiative in local hospitals, hospitals in the Philippines and hospitals in the Western Pacific Region.
Safe Hospital in terms of structural, non-structural and functional safety, preventing destruction of hospitals thereby avoiding injuries and death to patients, guests and staff in the hospital and providing continuous delivery of health care services particularly during disasters.
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