Within a minute, a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake – the worst to strike the region in more than 80 years – had laid waste to large parts of the city, wreaking destruction that would leave about 9000 people dead and another 22 000 injured.
Half an hour later, Dr Ghimire, a national professional officer at WHO’s country office in Nepal, was at the Health Ministry to join the team assembled at the health emergency operation centre.
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他负责协调输血服务，包括负责地震应对行动中的血液和血液制品供应。
He was put in charge of coordinating the blood transfusion services, including the availability of blood and blood products in earthquake response operations.
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“地震发生后，我们立即集合起来并开始评估所发生的情况。”
“Immediately after the earthquake, we assembled and started taking stock of what had happened,” he says.
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据初步评估显示，全国血液供应基础设施遭到广泛破坏。
An initial assessment revealed extensive damage to the nation’s blood supplyinfrastructure.
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大约100个输血中心中，9个被完全摧毁，21个被部分破坏。
Out of about 100 blood transfusion centres, 9 were completely destroyed and 21 were partially damaged.
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加德满都中央输血服务大楼的墙壁上出现了很大裂缝，结构已经不安全。
The Central Blood Transfusion Service building in Kathmandu had large cracks in its walls and was deemed structurally unsound.
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那天，在两个采血活动地点也有伤亡。
There were also deaths and injuries at two of the sites carrying out blood collection activitiesthat day.
One Nepal Red Cross staff member, one volunteer and seven donors had died, and others remained trapped in a collapsed donation centre, awaiting rescue.
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但由于尼泊尔长期以来一直担心会发生地震，因此早已采取了一些防范措施。
But Nepal had long feared a devastating earthquake and had made some preparations.