[FINAL v6] PDF 2014- 2015 Malaysia Floods

furniture using existing budget has been used awaiting the disaster funds promised by the
government.
In terms of long term recovery, large amounts of budget are needed to rebuild new
infrastructures that are more resilience at a new location that is not prone to flood.
Innovative and creative building design based upon the Built Back Better (BBB)
approaches should be considered and implemented in all flood prone areas. The new
buildings must be built with the capacity to withstand future hazards and remain functional
when the next disaster happens.
Proper handling and storage of medical records is deemed important at the times of
disaster as experienced by some health clinics during the last flood. Patient’s records and
reports in badly affected facilities were mostly destroyed. Implementation of new option of
records keeping such as home based record and electronically saved records need to be
looked into seriously by the authority.
Finally, the authority needs to integrate the emergency and disaster management into
legislative frameworks, policies and plans in order to minimize the impact of similar disaster
in the future. The Ministry should consider forming a multidisciplinary unit in the MOH with
authority, capacity and resources to provide coordination of health emergency
management activities at all levels within the health sector and with other sectors.
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