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King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam carried out a successful evacuation experiment to save the lives of 17 injured people on the premise of an electrical short caused by the collapse of part of the ceiling of the entertainment center hall in the hospital building, under the supervision of the Security and Safety Committee. The head of the emergency medicine department at the hospital, Dr. Hataf Ahmed Kamal, explained that the virtual evacuation experience came within a well-organized and elaborate protocol that was confirmed as ready by preparing medical facilities and periodic training for hospital staff on the security safety systems set by the committee within the framework of the strategy adopted by King Fahd Specialist Hospital in Dammam to develop Areas of emergency disaster management, and testing the level of readiness of its workers to face various circumstances. She added: 17 injured people were successfully evacuated in a record time not exceeding an hour, during which all the injured were transferred from the recreational center according to the drawn plan to separate and safe places in the vicinity of the hospital, noting that the hospital conducts annual training on virtual evacuations, which is coordinated with the competent authorities.
