DOPMC is disaster ready
Disaster preparedness is key in having a safer work place
Davao Oriental —Employees of the Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center (DOPMC) are “ready” to respond to disasters as they seamlessly executed the necessary emergency measures during a joint fire and earthquake drill on October 12.
Dr. Rommil Oraiz, Commander of the established Incident Command Post that manages the overall simulation activity, said the hospital staff are well-equipped with the skill on disaster response as it has been conducted regularly.
“We have been doing this for so many years already since it is a requirement for the hospital and also in preparation for disasters. So far the employees here already have the knowledge. What’s only needed is constant drill such as this so that they will never forget what they have learned,” Oraiz said.
Some of the techniques, Oraiz said, observed during the drill are “duck, cover, and hold” technique during the alarm phase, the “buddy-buddy” system during the evacuation phase, and the “crouch and tuck-head” technique when the second alarm sounded.
Oraiz added that the skills that the staff have been learning from its yearly simulation exercises have been proven useful to actual disaster events such as the 6.4 magnitude quake last month and a fire incident which was quickly neutralized.
Dr. Reden Bersaldo, DOPMC Chief, also shared his positive evaluation of the performance of the employees.