Press Release – Flood Control Timeline of Disaster Base Hospitals
- Research Reports
According to the report issued by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University on 2 April 2022, it found that 34% of medical institutions designated for infectious diseases nationwide suffered flood damage due to heavy rainfall once in a thousand years, and 26% even once every 100 to 200 years. The report details the survey conducted on the flooding of the Kuma River in Kumamoto Prefecture and the Hitoyoshi Medical Center.
Prof. Tetsuya Sumi, and Associate Professor Takahiro Sayama of Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Shimizu Corporation (President Kazuyuki Inoue), and Hitoyoshi Medical Center (Hospital Director Masami Kimura), conducted a disaster prevention training at the Hitoyoshi Medical Center on 6 May 2022 to verify its effectiveness.
- Click here to view the press release in Japanese.
- 災害拠点病院の水害対策タイムラインを策定~令和2年豪雨を想定した防災訓練で効果を検証~[京都大学]