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Is there a need for resident general surgical cover in small peripheral hospitals?
M K Zia1, V Rajakumar, R J Delicata
1Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Mkzia2@aol.com
Aim:
To assess the need for resident general surgical cover in a small peripheral hospital.
Patients And Methods:
The total number of admissions to Caerphilly District Miners' Hospital in the year 2001 was noted along with the admission criterion for elective general and vascular surgical patients.
Results:
Among the 10,608 in-patients only 120 (1.13%) developed general surgical/vascular problems that merited surgical referral and out of these 30 (0.28%) patients were transferred to neighbouring larger hospitals for specialist care.
Conclusions:
A resident staff grade surgeon is not required in a small peripheral hospital and this service could be provided by the resident on-call surgical SpR in a neighbouring larger hospital.
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