day-care unit. [a patient and personnel oriented and cost effective patient management]

A retrospective study of hospital records was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of day-care Unit established in Lady Willingdon Hospital. During the year 1997 570 patients were diagnosed and treated in this day care unit. Office procedures carried out included 411 hysteroscopies, 90 laparoscopies, 15 cystoscopies, 30 colposcopies/cervical biopsies and 24 vulval growth removal/bartholin abscess drainage procedures. A out of 570 patients [0.7%] had to be admitted because of complications. The incidence of undesirable side effects was 4.2%