•Magnitude of 7.2 in Zamboanga City, affecting also nearby regions
•Projection: 31,288 deaths and 522,722 injuries in Zamboanga City
•Out of the 13,751 individuals with life-threatening injuries, only 8,628 may be accommodated in hospitals within ZC; the rest must be transported to hospitals in other regions
•Millions are displaced but only 58 % of the total displaced population or 1,682,458 can be accommodated in identified open spaces within ZC; the remaining 42% or 1,198,979 will be outside of the identified evacuation camps
•Power outage and total disruption of all lines of communication (landlines, cellular phones, internet, etc) in the whole of the ZC that may last for 3-4 weeks
•Loss of staff both due to mass casualty incident and evacuation; it is assumed that only 30% of manpower and equipment of ZC can be mobilized for response
•Majority of the DOH attached agencies; DOH retained hospitals in ZC; and private hospitals and health facilities; and business establishments in ZC are also affected
•All the buildings of ZCMC have at least Grade 2 damage (need to be evacuated); some buildings with fire
•What are the critical services that ZCMC must continually provide to all stakeholders aside from responding to the internal disaster (as well as to the external disaster)?
•How does ZCMC accomplish this effectively and efficiently?
ROJ@16mar13