bok 7 nt 7 aces Case 5 2 Algo Shouldice Hospital in Canada

Last updated: 9/1/2023

bok 7 nt 7 aces Case 5 2 Algo Shouldice Hospital in Canada is widely known for one thing hernia repair In fact that is the only operation it performs and it performs a great many of them Over the past two decades this small 54 bed hospital has averaged 4 120 operations annually Last year it had a record year and performed nearly 4 620 operations A hernia repair operation at Shouldice Hospital is performed by one of the 12 full time surgeons assisted by one of seven part time assistant surgeons The first operations begin at 7 30 AM each day Monday through Saturday Surgeons generally take about one hour to prepare for and perform each hernia operation and they operate on an average of at most four patients per day This four patient per day limit on the average number of operations performed per surgeon has been found to be the best operating level for the hospital as it take into account time the surgeons need for patient exams and consultations updating medical charts writing reports traveling to professional conferences vacations and other times when they are performing other duties or are not available to perform surgeries A given surgeon may perform more than four surgeries on a given day but the average cannot exceed four without having adverse effects on overall hospital operations The surgeons day ends at 4 p m Although hernia repair operations are performed only five days a week the remainder of the hospital is in operation continuously to attend to recovering patients The table below shows the room occupancy plan for the existing system Each row in the table follows the patients who checked in on a given day The columns indicate the number of patients in the hospital on a given night BEDS REQUIRED TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 18 18 18 18 18 CHECK IN DAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday MONDAY 18 Sunday 18 36 Utilization 18 54 54 18 18 18 54 FRIDAY SATURDAY 18 18 18 54 For example the first row of the table shows that 18 people checked in on Monday and were in the hospital for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday nights before being discharged on Thursday By summing the column of the table for Wednesday we see that there are 54 patients staying in the hospital that night How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds Round your answers to 1 decimal place 18 18 36 SUNDAY 18 18 36