Table 1 Timeline of events following the earthquake
From: Determinants and supporting factors for rebuilding nursing workforce in a post-disaster setting
Dates | Accidents / Government’s response | Hospitals’ operations |
|---|---|---|
11 March 2011 | The earthquake and tsunami occurred | Response to emergency patients |
Evacuation order for 3 km radius of NPP issued |  | |
12 March | The explosion of Unit 1 at NPP | Transportation of patients began |
|  | Evacuation order of 20 km radius | Voluntary evacuation advice to staff (Public Hospital and Public Hospital 2) |
14 March | The explosion of Unit 3 | Â |
15 March | The explosion of Unit 4 | Â |
Stay-In-House order for 30 km radius issued |  | |
17 March | Emergency evacuation plan issued | Â |
The city’s evacuation transportation for residents began |  | |
18–21 March |  | Private Hospital 2 and JA hospital closure |
Public Hospital’s patient wards closed, operations limited to outpatients | ||
Private Hospital 1 closure *Reopened 4 April |