Question

Suppose that Shouldice Hospital has 90 beds and 5 operating rooms. Each operation takes 1 hour, and the operating room can be used only for 8 hours per day from Monday to Friday, and it cannot be used on weekends (unless specified otherwise). Furthermore, each doctor can perform up to 4 surgeries a day. Assume that there is sufficient capacity for assistant doctors (i.e., assistant doctors are not bottlenecks). Show your work.

Suppose that each patient spends 1 day in the hospital. What is the capacity rate of one bed, per day?

Answer 1

Answer:

Total number of doctors required each day to perform surgery is 10 doctors

The capacity rate of 1 bed per day is  40 patient per day.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given as :

Total numbers of bed in hospital = b = 90 beds

Total number of operating room in hospital = o = 5

So, number of bed in each operating room = $\dfrac{\textrm rm total number of bed}{\textrm total operating room}$

i.e number of bed in each operating room = $\dfrac{90}{5}$

Or, number of bed in each operating room = 18 beds

Again

Time duration for each operation to take = t = 1 hour

Each operating room can be used for 8 hours per day

So, Total number of operation should be done in all 5 operating room each day = 1 × 8 × 5 = 40 operation

Again

Each doctor can perform total of 4 surgery each day

So, Total number of doctors required each day to perform surgery = $\dfrac{\textrm total number of operation}{\textrm total surgery done by each doctor}$

I.e Total number of doctors required each day to perform surgery = $\dfrac{40}{4}$

∴  Total number of doctors required each day to perform surgery = 10 doctors

Again

Each patient spend 1 day in the hospital

So, The capacity rate of 1 bed per day = Total number of operation should be done in all 5 operating room each day

i.e The capacity rate of 1 bed per day = 40 patient per day.

Hence,

Total number of doctors required each day to perform surgery is 10 doctors

The capacity rate of 1 bed per day is  40 patient per day.  Answer