Table 4 Infrastructure to support hospitals during disaster management

Infrastructure component

N = 25

Percentage

 Electricity

25

100

 Back-up Generator

25

100

 Blood bank/refrigerator

23

92.0

 Storage tanks

21

91.3

 Inventory

21

91.3

 Intensive care unit

11

44.0

Safety and security

N = 25

Percentage

 Specific entry

24

96.0

 Extinguishers

24

96.0

 Fence

22

88.0

 Control entry

21

84.0

 Specific exit

20

80.0

 Guards

20

80.0

 Sand buckets

4

17.4

 Fire alarm

2

8.0

Infrastructure component

Total

Median (Range)

 Hospital beds

7783

350 (86–450)

 Units of blood

445

20 (3–50)

 Mortuary capacity

371

12 (2–50)

 Wheelchairs

100

3 (2–10)

 Stretchers

75

3 (1–14)

 Intensive care unit beds

64

0 (0–14)

 Ambulances

36

1 (0–3)

 X-ray

31

1 (0–4)

 Ultra sound

24

1 (0–3)

 Electrocardiogram

12

0 (0–3)