After practicing, researching and applying nuclear pharmaceuticals for many years, I've faced many crises from a simple exposure to radiation to a major radiation contamination for many times. Every time of these crises I, along with my staff learned something new, and many benifits that helped us to handle any more crises.The most important lesson was how to make sure that what happened will not happen again by setting up a written plan for it.
This introduction is to ask the Jehaz to learn from the crises of the water cut off that took place in the city during the last few hot days. These lessons can be summerized in the following:
First: The city must have or plan to have a reserve tank(s) which will be continously filled with clean water as a strategic reserve to be refreshed periodicaly.
Secondly: If possible is to have a perminant and on a stand by connection between the two supply lines to the city. When one line is not working the maintenace people must be able to swicth to the one that is working.
Thirdly: Must have a centeral crises office staffed with engineers who can help the pwople and answer their telephone calls and not leave the people in the dark not knowing the reason(s) for the water cutt off. This crises office must handle all emergencies in the city. It must be staffed with engineers, doctors, nurses, fire fighters, media expert to answer questions ..etc, all can be called in when an emergency occurs..
Fourth: If possible help those who live in a high floors to install water tanks and pumps to help with the pressure.
Fifth: Have water tankers distributed all around the city and organize it in a civilized manner. I must admit that the Jehaz was able to arrange this in the last few days.
This way we will be ready to handle our crises in a timely manner and not to wait for the bridge to fall before we decide to repair it.
In a city like El-Rehab and with the prices that were paid for each unit, we, at least, must be treated better than that what happened. All the best. Dr. Aly Sharaf
