december 18, 2013. located on the eastern seaboard of samar island
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Hernani, Eastern Samar
December 18, 2013
Hernani
Located on the eastern seaboard of Samar Island
Demographics
5th class municipality (by income, the 2nd poorest among 23 towns in Eastern Samar)
13 barangays with 11 coastal barangays
Roughly 10,000 people with 8/10 living below poverty line
Health Unit
1 Rural Health Unit (RHU) with 2 Barangay Health Station (BHS)
1 doctor, 8 nurses, 5 midwives, 1 sanitation inspector
Health data system is paper based
Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
November 8, 2013
Signal 4, the surge affected 10 barangays
An estimated of 7-10 meters in sea level rise was experienced
Current Health Services
RHU not fully functional
Most of the records has been inundated
Difficulty in providing service due to the loss of client list
Obstacles
Damaged and obliterated facilities
Inadequate equipment and office supply
Lack finances
Paralysed local government operations