*Based on census that does not include ICU and emergency deaths
As indicated in Table-2 the percent of death of admitted patients in all the years was nearly 6% to 7%. The deaths of ICU and emergency need inclusion to get a real picture of hospital mortality. This may be indicated separately.
Table-3:Trend
of Medico Legal Cases (MLC)
MLC
Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Number
521
537
506
663
697*
* MLC cases up to 23/6/2010.
The MLC cases continuously increasing over the years; during the year 2009 this has increased by 44 cases compared to the year 2008 (Table-3).
Table-4: Trend
of various investigations by different units