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dc.contributor.authorBasu, Moumita
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Saptarshi
dc.contributor.authorJana, Arnab
dc.contributor.authorBandyopadhyay, Somprakash
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Ravikant
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-26T06:03:23Z-
dc.date.available2021-08-26T06:03:23Z-
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020705108&doi=10.1017%2fdmp.2017.8&partnerID=40&md5=a5d666a8c74a5d461f295975064903b6
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.iimcal.ac.in:8443/jspui/handle/123456789/1048-
dc.descriptionBasu, Moumita, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, and Social Informatics Research Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Joka, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata, 700104, India; Ghosh, Saptarshi, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, and Department of Computer Science and Enginnering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; Jana, Arnab, Centre for Urban Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India; Bandyopadhyay, Somprakash, Social Informatics Research Group, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India; Singh, Ravikant, Mumbai, India
dc.descriptionISSN/ISBN - 19357893
dc.descriptionpp.652-655
dc.descriptionDOI - 10.1017/dmp.2017.8
dc.description.abstractObjective The objective of this study was to explore a log of WhatsApp messages exchanged among members of the health care group Doctors For You (DFY) while they were providing medical relief in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake in April 2015. Our motivation was to identify medical resource requirements during a disaster in order to help government agencies and other responding organizations to be better prepared in any upcoming disaster. Methods A large set of WhatsApp (WhatsApp Inc, Mountain View, CA) messages exchanged among DFY members during the Nepal earthquake was collected and analyzed to identify the medical resource requirements during different phases of relief operations. Results The study revealed detailed phase-wise requirements for various types of medical resources, including medicines, medical equipment, and medical personnel. The data also reflected some of the problems faced by the medical relief workers in the earthquake-affected region. Conclusions The insights from this study may help not only the Nepalese government, but also authorities in other earthquake-prone regions of the world to better prepare for similar disasters in the future. Moreover, real-time analysis of such online data during a disaster would aid decision-makers in dynamically formulating resource-mapping strategies. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:652-655). Copyright � 2017 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.
dc.publisherSCOPUS
dc.publisherDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries11(6)
dc.subjectDisaster
dc.subjectDisaster preparedness
dc.subjectMedical relief strategy
dc.subjectMedical resource requirements
dc.subjectNepal 2015 earthquake
dc.titleMedical Requirements during a Natural Disaster: A Case Study on WhatsApp Chats among Medical Personnel during the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
dc.typeArticle
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