PHCC tests capabilities in managing mass casualty incidents with training and simulation exercises

Doha, Qatar: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) on December 3, conducted a readiness exercise to enhance its capacity for managing mass casual...

Doha, Qatar: The Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) on December 3, conducted a readiness exercise to enhance its capacity for managing mass casualty incidents.

The exercise was carried out across six PHCC health centers: Al Sadd, Leabaib, Al Mashaf, Qatar University, Muaither, and Al Wajbah, from 10:30am to 5:30pm.

Mass casualty incidents pose significant challenges to healthcare systems, requiring effective preparedness and response strategies. Such incidents can result from natural disasters, terrorist attacks, unnatural accidents, or pandemics, leading to an overwhelming number of victims that exceed the capacity of local emergency services.

The increasing frequency and complexity of these events underscore the importance of regular training and simulation exercises to bolster the readiness of healthcare facilities and their staff. The primary goal of the comprehensive mass casualty management exercise was to evaluate the performance of the current system in handling a mass casualty incident affecting PHCC health centers.