ANALYSIS OF SECURITY NEEDS AND SAFETY IN THE DESIGN OF HOSPITAL BUILDINGS IN YEMEN (CASE STUDY OF HOSPITALS IN HADRAMOUT) | ||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||
| Article 3, Volume 43, No 4, July and August 2015, Pages 540-557 PDF (1.22 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2015.115199 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Wafaa AbdAllah; Khaled Mohamed Ahmed El-Lithy | ||
| Architectural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper discusses the importance of providing security and safety needs as one of the main elements that underpin the design and function of health care facilities and provides a safe environment for individuals of users or work crews. In general, health facilities counted as the arteries, which supply societies with life, especially in times of emergency and crisis. Through the review of studies and analysis of some hospital buildings designs in Yemen, some indicators that suggest a defect in the functioning of labor system in providing security needs and safety of this type of facilities, which in turn negatively affects the safety of individuals from patients or visitors, as well as various medical, technical or administrative work crews. The aim of this paper is to analyze the status of selected sample of Yemen's hospitals buildings in Hadramout. Seyoun General Hospital (in Seyoun), and Mukalla hospital for Maternal and Children (in Mukalla) selected as samples for the study in order to identify the availability of security and safety in the design of these hospitals as one of the essential humanitarian needs of the users guided by security and safety standards listed by the World Health Organization. This paper, through these analyses, tries to determine the defects and analyze the problems that resulted from the failure of some these basic requirements that will ensure the safety of users and verify a sense of safety in these kinds of facilities. Accordingly, recognize the most important system elements appropriate to the environment in Yemen, according to local conditions and available requirements (human, technical, technology, etc.). This paper Concludes to develop a comprehensive conception of the main elements and necessary requirements, which can meet the needs of verifying the system in available resources, and determine the need for a detailed formulation to activate the elements of this system in hospitals of Yemen in line with local conditions of the study area. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Security and safety; design of hospitals; health facilities; Hadramout; World Health Organization | ||
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