A city with 800 deaths per year. Mouary, body stored for average duration of 8 days with 80% occupancy in a year. What number of mouary beds needed?
Correct Answer: 22
Description: In the given question, Total Bed-days required per year = Total number of admission per year * average length of stay in hospital = 800*8 = 6400 Total number of beds required when occupancy is 100%= Bed-days per year/365 days = 6400/365 = 17.5 = 18 beds. Total number of beds required when occupancy is 80% = Bed-days per year/ (365 * 80%) = 365*80%= 21.9 beds = 22 beds. Ref: District Health facilities: Guidelines for Development & Operations by WHO Pgno: 8
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