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LESSONS LEARNED HURRICANE “MICHELLE” STORY THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HEALTH SERVICE AUTHORITY

LESSONS LEARNED HURRICANE “MICHELLE” STORY THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HEALTH SERVICE AUTHORITY. THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. Consists of three (3) Islands namely: Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac & Little Cayman. Population: 49,000 Main Industry: Tourism &Banking. Vulnerability Hurricanes and Flooding

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LESSONS LEARNED HURRICANE “MICHELLE” STORY THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HEALTH SERVICE AUTHORITY

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  1. LESSONS LEARNED HURRICANE “MICHELLE” STORY THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HEALTH SERVICE AUTHORITY

  2. THE CAYMAN ISLANDS Consists of three (3) Islands namely: • Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac & Little Cayman. Population: 49,000 Main Industry:Tourism &Banking

  3. Vulnerability • Hurricanes and Flooding • Fires • Transportation accidents • - Airplane • - Cruise Ships • - Bus (etc)

  4. The Fallacies It will not happen to us

  5. LOCATION

  6. Damage Assessment of the Islands(PDA $8 -14 million) • Damage to housing (2 districts) • Damage to government facilities - Turtle farm - Houses - G.T.Port and Terminals • Hotels and Condominiums • Fuel Storage Tanks

  7. Damage to Homes

  8. SEVERE DAMAGE TO CONDOMIUM COMPLEX

  9. MAIN BUSINESS CENTER (CAPITAL)

  10. George Town Dock

  11. George Town Port Facilities

  12. Turtle Farm

  13. Damage to Businesses

  14. REMAINS OF A DIVE ESTABLISHMENT

  15. BEACH EROSION

  16. NO DAMAGE • - Airport • - Telecommunications • - Utilities • - Schools • - Supermarkets and other merchants

  17. No Damage Hospital or Clinics

  18. Accident and Emergency Care Treatment of 30 persons

  19. Challenges for the service • Communication • Staffing • Institutional capability- proactive collaboration • Facility • Recovery

  20. Lessons Learned • communication equipment will fail at the time you need it most - self sufficiency • success of disaster plan depends on staff knowledge of plan & their roles • house staff living in flood prone areas in hospital • humans do foolish things when unusual events occur

  21. Response To Issues • Fully implemented upgraded • communication system. • Mandatory Training & Exercises. • Partnership with Local &Overseas • Health Care Facility. • Correction of Facility deficiency. • Update Disaster Plan –mitigate • inefficiencies.

  22. LEADERS COURSE SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE DISASTER THANK YOU

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