Question : The company XYZ expects the delays in its current projects due to the ongoing pandemic covid-19 as similar firms are already suffering from the impacts of Covid-19. The company short term plan includes usage of existing reserves. As a Project manager is required to develop Contingency Plan to deal with this situation. What will be the layout to deal with the risks associated with the expected delays? If you will be successful in mitigating these risks, how would you finish the ongoing projects in defined timelines?
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This review provides the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other decision-makers (e.g., State
and local officials and other Federal agencies) with a national snapshot of hospitals’ challenges and needs in
responding to the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This is not a review of HHS response to the
COVID-19 pandemic. We have collected this information as an aid for HHS as it continues to lead efforts to
address the public health emergency and support hospitals and other first responders. In addition, hospitals
may find the information about each other’s strategies useful in their efforts to mitigate the challenges they are
facing.
The hospital input that we describe reflects their experiences and perspectives at a point in time—March 23–27,
2020. The pandemic is fast-moving, as are the efforts to address it. We recognize that HHS, Congress, and other
government entities across the Federal, State, local, and Tribal levels are taking substantial actions on a continual
basis to support hospitals in responding to COVID-19. HHS has already taken and continues to take actions
related to each of the challenges that hospitals identified in our survey, and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security (CARES) Act provides the basis for additional actions. We present this information for HHS’s
and other decision-makers’ consideration as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Explanation:
Hospitals reported that their most significant challenges centered on testing and caring for patients with known
or suspected COVID-19 and keeping staff safe. Hospitals also reported substantial challenges maintaining or
expanding their facilities’ capacity to treat patients with COVID-19. Hospitals described specific challenges,
mitigation strategies, and needs for assistance related to personal protective equipment (PPE), testing, staffing,
supplies and durable equipment; maintaining or expanding facility capacity; and financial concerns.