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.

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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MDRM Program Attends 1-day Humanitarian Supply Chain Training at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD)

On 20 March 2018, the Master of Disaster Risk Management (MDRM) program visited the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Shah Alam 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 and Ms. Azura binti Ibrahim, National Consultant of UNHRD.We would like to thank Ms. Azura and the UNHRD team for accepting the MDRM students for the training and sharing their rich experiences in humanitarian operation management.

Lesson Learned:
• The UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) in Kuala Lumpur supports in emergency preparedness and response in Asia. In addition to procuring, storing and rapidly dispatching items on behalf of humanitarian partners, it also hosts a variety of trainings that provide participants with first-hand, practical emergency response experience. The depot was built in 2012 and is generously made available by the Government of Malaysia.
• In addition to the depots’ warehousing facilities, UNHRD is pleased to provide a range of fully equipped training services and facilities across the Network where various humanitarian trainings can be held. Moreover, as part of WFP’s efforts to enhance emergency preparedness and disaster response, humanitarian organizations can also use UNHRD’s training facilities for scenario-based exercises and simulations to prepare local partners, government counterparts, contractors and WFP staff for the field.

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A visit to Smart Selangor Command Centre (SSCC) was held on 17th January 2018 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Plaza Perangsang, Shah Alam. Twenty-five (25) participants including fives (5) lecturers and observer from Counter Measures & Mitigation Planning course’s, Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT); and EBC-K Research Group’s, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) Kuala Lumpur joined this trip to SSCC. This visit also is one of the program’s schedule for the course Control Measures and Mitigation Planning.

SSCC plays a big role in gathering and managing data of disaster in Selangor compound and disaster trans-state boundaries. All the data acquired will be taken into account for further action by the state government or National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA). This academic visit was led by Dr Khamarrul Azahari Razak as a Course’s Coordinator were received an overview briefing about Selangor Disaster Management Unit (SDMU) that delivered by Mr Ahmad Fairuz Mohd Yusof, Director of SDMU. The program was stated with introduction of the drone team or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Unit, and then deep brief on SSCC operations. The visit finish at 2.00 p.m

Below are some of the moments captured during the program. For more photos of the program please visit MJIIT Official Facebook Page.