TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Unforeseen difficulties faced by a hospital in dealing with mass disaster victims
JO  - Tropical doctor
A1  - Dhar, Shabir Ahmed
A1  - Hamid, A.
A1  - Khan, Shahzada Mohammed Salim
A1  - Butt, Mohammed Farooq
SP  - 260
EP  - 260
VL  - 38
IS  - 4
N2  - Every major mass disaster challenges the health care services, especially in the third world. These challenges include the expected situations mainly pertaining to the overload of patients and the stretching of hospital facilities. We report our experiences about several unforseen challenges faced by our hospital in the 2005 earthquake that struck the Kashmir region.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-4755
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/td.2007.070308
ID  - ref1
ER  -