MDRM Program visits Hospital Selayang to understand emergency preparedness in Malaysian hospitals.
On 16 March 2018, the Master of Disaster Risk Management (MDRM) program visited the Emergency Unit of Hospital Selayang as part of the MMJD 1293 Healthcare in Emergencies and Rehabilitation course work. This visit was organized by Dr. Aznah Nor Anuar, course coordinator and senior lecturer of MJIIT.The MDRM students will have an opportunity to visit a similar emergency hospital (DMAT) in Japan during their Japan Attachment Program, expected to be implemented at the end of July 2018.We would like to thank Datuk Dr Mohamed Alwi Hj Abdul Rahman, Head Emergency Department, Hospital Selayang Kepong, Senior Consultant Emergency Medicine and Disaster Management, and his colleagues for their support to the MDRM program.
| Schedule | Activity |
|---|---|
| 09.00 a.m. | Arrive at Hospital Selayang |
| 09.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. | Talk on Hospital Selayang Strategic Initiative of Hospital Selayang towards Disaster Risk Reduction specifically on these 3 topics: • Emergency in Public Health • Mass Gathering Emergency Preparedness • Hazards of Toxic Gas Preparedness by Datuk Dr Mohamed Alwi Hj Abdul Rahman |
| 10.00 a.m. – 11.00 p.m. | Demonstration on PPE and Decontamination Operation |
| 11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. | QA session on demo activity between UTM delegates and Selayang Medical Response Team |
Lesson Learned:
• Humanitarianism in health care embraces the idea of people administering humane treatment(s) to assist others in the safest and most cost effective manner(s).
• Humanitarianism drives people to save lives, alleviate suffering, and promote human dignity
• Humanitarianism in Medicine embraces the humanitarian aspects of all healthcare and healing paradigms, respects life and the premise to “do no harm, encourages treatments in “Traditional Medicine.”, emphasizes self-care and personal empowerment and promotes prevention and inexpensive, and most cost-effective, health care.
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