title: Preparation and response of medical and health institutions when energy flow is interrupted and infrastructure is damaged.
abstract: Energy interruption and infrastructure damage are the common characteristic between the snow disaster occurred in some southern provinces of China and the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake in China in 2008. This paper summaries the effects on medical and health institutions caused by interruption of energy flow and damaged infrastructure, shares the preparation and response practices, experience, and lessons of medical disasters, and gives suggestions about how to prepare and response for medical and health institutions when energy flow is interrupted and infrastructure is damaged.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiukun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Dingjun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shizhou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Liangsong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Ruiquan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Haiyang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jianyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Suling
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Weizhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002959:Civil Defense; D004190:Disasters; D006268:Health Facilities