Post by pigeonpie on Feb 5, 2009 22:56:59 GMT
One in six ‘emergency’ cases result in hospital admission
C.M.W. Maó
Last year 16.2% of the patients treated in the Accident & Emergency ward at the Mateu Orfila Hospital in Maó were admitted to hospital. The unit dealt with an average of 71 cases per day, a total of 26,098 for the year which was 6.3% less than in 2007. In the Balearic Islands as a whole, the number of A&E cases rose by 3.37% as a result of an increase in cases at Son Dureta and the new hospitals at Inca and in Formentera.
The average length of hospital stays in the islands dropped by 0.72%, Menorca’s 4.9 days being the second lowest, only bettered by the Hospital in Formentera. The occupancy rate for beds was 59.5%.
Mateu Orfila’s five surgeries carried out a total of 4,834 operations, 929 of which were emergencies, an increase of 14.4%. The figure equates to 61.5 operations for every 1,000 inhabitants. The number of babies born in Menorca’s new hospital rose by the same percentage; from 753 in 2007 to 862 last year. During the year some 124,397 patients had appointments with consultants, 3.2% more than the previous year.
In the Balearic Islands, the number of patients on the waiting list for operations in 2008 increased by 7.52%. Although nobody had to wait for more than 180 days, the average time on the list was 61.92 days, slightly above last year’s figure of 60.83 days. The total number of operations carried out during the year showed a 4.72% increase on 2007, at 56,389, equating to 33 operations per 1,000 inhabitants.
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C.M.W. Maó
Last year 16.2% of the patients treated in the Accident & Emergency ward at the Mateu Orfila Hospital in Maó were admitted to hospital. The unit dealt with an average of 71 cases per day, a total of 26,098 for the year which was 6.3% less than in 2007. In the Balearic Islands as a whole, the number of A&E cases rose by 3.37% as a result of an increase in cases at Son Dureta and the new hospitals at Inca and in Formentera.
The average length of hospital stays in the islands dropped by 0.72%, Menorca’s 4.9 days being the second lowest, only bettered by the Hospital in Formentera. The occupancy rate for beds was 59.5%.
Mateu Orfila’s five surgeries carried out a total of 4,834 operations, 929 of which were emergencies, an increase of 14.4%. The figure equates to 61.5 operations for every 1,000 inhabitants. The number of babies born in Menorca’s new hospital rose by the same percentage; from 753 in 2007 to 862 last year. During the year some 124,397 patients had appointments with consultants, 3.2% more than the previous year.
In the Balearic Islands, the number of patients on the waiting list for operations in 2008 increased by 7.52%. Although nobody had to wait for more than 180 days, the average time on the list was 61.92 days, slightly above last year’s figure of 60.83 days. The total number of operations carried out during the year showed a 4.72% increase on 2007, at 56,389, equating to 33 operations per 1,000 inhabitants.
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