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close this bookMitigation of Disasters in Health Facilities: Volume 2: Administrative Issues (PAHO-OPS, 1993, 74 p.)
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close this folderNew designs for hospitals
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Preparation of the medical-architectural program

This takes as its point of departure the justification and the diagnosis mentioned in the previous section, and with the help of a multidisciplinary team initiates the detailed description of the services and areas required. These are then translated into construction plans that result in a preliminary architectural model that specifies the type of construction, function, height, orientation, distribution of spaces or services, capacity, connections and circuits, and so on.