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tar@isi.edu writes:
>carasso@Inference.COM (dr. carasso) writes:
> > The News has been confirming what I alluded to.  They are reporting
> > that 2/3's of California's hospitals are not up to standard, putting
> > the safety of the patients and the community they serve in danger.  I
> > am also vindicated because a California congressman is introducing
> > *today* a bill to do exactly what I recommended.  Namely, require that
> > all hospitals be retrofitted to be safe in quakes.
>
>Um, does this bill explain where the money for this upgrade is supposed
>to come from?

Same place the magic place that the 44 BILLION DOLLARS to repair the
city comes from.

>Also, as far as I am aware, no hospitals collapsed or caused injury to
>patients due to the earthquake.  I am aware that St. John's in SM was
>evacuated later because of damage, but it still didn't harm any patients
>during the quake itself. 

St. John's has been condemned for 6 MONTHS.  That Santa Monica
Community will have less hospital beds, worse emergency care, etc.

> As one of the structural engineers pointed out, the goal of the
>building codes is not to guarantee survival of the building, but just
>assure survival of the occupants.

For most buildings, I would agree.  But for hospitals, police
stations, fire departments, water&power stations, and other major
public services cann't just allow their occupants to escape.  Those
buildings but do better than that.  They must survive.  The quake
should pass and these vital services should be up and running at 110
percent.  Not 50%.

Dr. Roger David Carasso,
Founder of Good Legislation