St. Paul's Hospital & Health Campus | U/C

[BCPhil]

Originally Posted by djmk

I have NO FAITH that St Pauls will still exists after the smallest of earthquakes. Even after all that earthquake proofing they do

I agree. Even with upgrades it will still be more susceptible to earthquakes than a majority of the buildings downtown. If an earthquake strikes hard enough to cause widespread injury and damage in the downtown core, the hospital itself will be a victim of damage.

Besides, hospitals can barely hold a busy day's worth of patients the way they are built, let alone an influx of thousands of injuries. And who wants to do surgeries where aftershocks can happen and the supply of power and water can be cut? Earthquake response is going to rely on moving critically injured people out of the damage zone and setting up large scale triage centers in parks (like refugee camps). A hospital close to the epicenter of a major Earthquake would be next to useless.