Challenges and Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Disasters on Oncology Treatments: Lessons Learned from the May 2024 Flood in Rio Grande do Sul
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https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2024v70n3.4935Keywords:
Meteorological Disaster, Oncology, Patient CareAbstract
The consequences of human activity-driven global warming impacted health and social well-being of the world's population. In May 2024, Rio Grande do Sul experienced the worst flood of its history, directly impacting health services, especially the care to cancer patients. The overall objective of this article is to share how health services dealt with challenges, strategies, and action plans in a fast, effective and flexible way to ensure that patients undergoing cancer treatment were not left unattended, avoiding negative influences on clinical outcomes, including the maintenance of clinical research treatments. The actions were based on maintaining the supply chain, care processes, and assertive communication. In this sense, monitoring by health professionals of the multidisciplinary team, volunteers, support networks for other health services or suppliers, and institutions’ contingency plans were essential for the continuity of patient-centered care.
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