Background: hospitals are the backbone of a community’s response mechanism to deal with disasters. A robust disaster plan exercised through all-inclusive activities like drills and trainings are a prerequisite to effective evaluation. Material and Methods: a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 100 healthcare workers at a corporate, super-specialty hospital with the help of a close-ended questionnaire. Results: 60% to 70% of the healthcare workers categorized as “others” had very poor or no knowledge of a hospital’s role during the disaster and hospital’s disaster plan and its contents; they had not even attended any trainings or drills. Conclusion: there is a need to implement the disaster plan in an equitable manner so that all healthcare workers have a sound knowledge of disaster preparedness.
