It?s not if, but when: Designing healthcare spaces that support pandemic response
In 2003, the small city-state of Singapore was one of the hardest hit by the SARS epidemic. Of 238 cases, 33 people lost their lives?40% were healthcare workers. This left a deep and lasting impression, with Singapore taking serious steps to be better prepared for ?the next big one.? The solution: establishing the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON), a national prevention and response plan. The system?s color-coded framework shows the current disease situation and provides general guidelines for prevention and infection control. This plan has been tested in recent years by the MERS (62 suspected, all negative) and H1N1 epidemics with good results.
While working as a healthcare architect in Singapore from 2016 – 2019, years after DORSCON was created, hospital design and operations continued to be impacted by the program. As soon as information emerged about suspicious cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, Singapore started getting ready. Not only did they have a plan, but they executed it with almost military precision. In early February of this year, the country activated DORSCON Orange (second-highest level of alert), which is still in place.
Several international public health agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), have praised the Singapore model, some calling it ?the gold standard.? Similar models were applied in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea?all countries that were also hit hard by SARS.
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