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Table 2 Facility metrics at referral hospitals in Eswatini

From: Evaluating capacity at three government referral hospital emergency units in the kingdom of Eswatini using the WHO Hospital Emergency Unit Assessment Tool

Metric

Tertiary Hospital

Regional Hospital 1

Regional Hospital 2

Inpatient beds

500

100

175

Inpatient admissions (per year)

5000

3500

6200

Operating theatres available 24 h a day, 7 days a week

1

2

1

Emergency operations (per year)

600

1300

800

Emergency visits (per year)

37,000

19,500

75,000

Patients arriving by ambulance

20%

17.5%

20%