Chapter 10: Health, Safety, and Preparedness As many of you know, Hurricane Harv

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Chapter 10: Health, Safety, and Preparedness As many of you know, Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky late August 2017. The hurricane disaster affected more than 13 million people and caused more than $125 billion in damage according to the National Hurricane Center. Many people experienced heavy flooding, lost all of their possessions, and some lost their lives. As a human resources manager you must be able to respond to these types of weather conditions by working with all staff, other managers, executives, and local emergency services to continue operations, safely and expeditiously as possible. This is referred to business continuity planning. Therefore, for this assignment, you will create a Disaster Preparedness plan for Simonston Hospital The key to business continuity planning is to provide a framework of steps that bring the institution back up to service, whether it is a physically intact or relocated to an alternate site. HR Article/Experiential Exercise.pg. 252 xercise #1 The community surrounding Simonston Hospital has just experienced a debilitating ice storm, with loss of power expected for the next five to seven days. Employees at Simonston are showing up for work, but they are not alone: Some single parents have brought their children and some have carried along theirpets. Sl others have come in early or have stayed after their shift to have a warm place to be. How can Simonston accommodate these groups? If the hospital does not accommodate them, how will it handle or make up for the resulting staff shortage? What steps can Simonston Hospital take in the future to plan for this type of event? Look for win-win solutions to this challenge

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BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING FOR SIMONSTON HOSPITAL

As employees are the back bone of the hospital in times of disaster also they have to be protected and there should be the helping hands from the employer to mke them come back to the normal living.

First is to make arranged with disaster management committe for a meeting which include

-director of the hospital

-all heads of de

-representatives of staff

As the entire staff is under the psychological traume following the disaster they have to be motivated by indulging them with training ,counscelling classes if needed to face a disaster if that happens in in future too.

-Get the financial service/compensation for the loss from within the organisation or seek from outside (from government)

-Catagorize the staff as per vulnerability as an otcome of the disaster

-Make availability of a set up (a temporary refugee centre)for the stay of staffs who are exceeding the number and get the hospital free of the staff

- Start making up the hospital sorrounding like previous by providing maintenance staff for the work

-After everything settled, practice periodical mock drills to resolve the problem in future

-Make use of the available staff power wisely to regain tjhe previous status of the hospital

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