Of the 372 designated medical institutions nationwide that have infectious disease beds, about a quarter is expected to be flooded by floods, which are the standard for river planning. It was found in a survey by these research groups.In the largest possible flood, the inundation will increase to about one-third, and in some cases the maximum inundation depth will exceed 4 meters, and it may not be possible to deal with it only by measures within the medical institution.

 According to Kyoto University, the survey targeted 372 facilities in total for each designated medical institution for specific infectious diseases, first-class infectious diseases, and second-class infectious diseases posted on the website of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.Using the hazard map published by the Geographical Survey Institute, we investigated the extent of flooding in the largest possible flood, which is the standard flood for river planning.

 Inundation is expected to reach 25.6% of the total for planned-scale floods and 33.6% for the largest-scale floods. Facilities that are expected to be flooded by 5 meters or more will reach 3.0% on a planned scale and 9.7% on a maximum scale.Of these, 57 facilities designated as Type 29.9 Infectious Diseases, which are the bases for infectious disease control, such as hospitalization for infectious disease patients, show that the planned scale flood was 45.6%, and the largest flood. It was found that XNUMX% was flooded.

 The research group believes that in the event of frequent floods throughout the country, there is a high possibility that the base hospital for infectious disease control will be paralyzed due to inundation, and is considering measures such as installing it on the upper floors of infectious disease beds. You need to do it.

Paper information:[Kyoto University Disaster Prevention Research Institute / Water Resources Environment Research Center] Survey report on inundation assumptions of medical institutions designated for infectious diseases nationwide

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