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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Hospitals need to develop very substantial surge capacity and greatly increase their infection control measures. When hospital capacity is absorbed by large influxes of people suffering from Covid, the tendency is to defer treatment of patients with other illnesses. Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic.

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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

To set up such a quarantine scheme takes lots of thought and logistics to be put in place. Why did they not anticipate this as a possibility and put in place a contingency plan, which they could have on the shelf ready for the moment if it was needed?

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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

To set up such a quarantine scheme takes lots of thought and logistics to be put in place. Why did they not anticipate this as a possibility and put in place a contingency plan, which they could have on the shelf ready for the moment if it was needed?