Shouldice

1. How well is the hospital currently utilizing its beds?
(60+90+90+90+60+30+30)/ (90*7) =450/630=71.4%
The hospital is currently utilizing 71.4% its beds
2. Develop a similar table to show the effects of adding operations on Saturday. (Assume that 30 operations would still be performed each day.) How would this affect the utilization of the bed capacity? Is this capacity sufficient for the additional patients?
Check-in Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
30
30
30

Tuesday

30
30
30

Wednesday

30
30
30

Thursday

30
30
30

Friday

30
30
30
Saturday

30
Sunday
30
30

Total
60
90
90
90
90
60
60
(60+90+90+90+90+60+60)/(90*7)=540/630=85.7%
When operations are adding on Saturday, the hospital would utilize 85.7% of their beds. It is still sufficient for the additional patients.
3. Now look at the effect of increasing the number of beds by 50 percent. How many operations could the hospital perform per day before running out of bed capacity? (Assume operations are performed five days per week, with the same number performed on each day.) How well would the new resources be utilized relative to the current operation? Could the hospital really perform this many operations? Why? (Hint: Look at the capacity of the 12 surgeons and the five operating rooms.)
90*1.5=135 beds
135/3=45
Check-in Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
45
45
45

Tuesday

45
45
45

Wednesday

45
45
45

Thursday

45
45
45

Friday

Saturday

45
Sunday
45
45

Total
90
135
135
135
90
45
45
(90+135+135+135+90+45+45)/(135*7)=675/945=71.4%
45*5=225 operations per week
5 rooms *8operations =40 operations per day
40*5 days=200 operations per week
With the new resources, the hospital can perform 45 operations per day and 225 operations per week. The hospital will utilize 71.4% of their new resources.
But the hospital cannot perform 225 operations per week, because it restricted by the number of operating