Volume : 5, Issue : 1, January - 2016

DAY CARE SURGERY � A FEASIBILITY STUDY

Dr. K. T. Reddy, Dr. N. Lakshmi Bhaskar, Dr. S. Naga Satish Kumar

Abstract :

<p>Day surgery is a cost-effective, quality approach to surgery that has expanded rapidly in recent years. The present study describes the feasibility of establishing Day Care surgery unit in a tertiary care teaching hospital conducted in Nizam&rsquo;s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India, using a structured questionnaire among Healthcare professionals. The present study focuses on the need to establish a separate and well staffed and equipped day care surgery unit in collaboration with all other departments to effectively manage the hospital beds. The study infers that most of the Health-care professionals preferred to establish a Day Care Surgery unit with separate team of health-care professionals with separate Outpatient clinic, Operation theatre and separate Laboratory facilities collaborated with the central laboratory.&nbsp;</p>