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Table 1 Characteristics of the selected wards at the Bahawal Victoria Hospital

From: Investigation of antimicrobial use at a tertiary care hospital in Southern Punjab, Pakistan using WHO methodology

Sr. No.

Ward name

No. of medical doctors

Paramedical staffa

No of beds

Patient turn over (monthly)

1

Chest Disease Unit

25

23

60

295

2

Ear Nose Throat

16

15

42

176

3

Gynecology

20

29

75

346

4

Medical 1

31

31

80

729

5

Medical 2

35

28

75

753

6

Nephrology

7

10

40

63

7

Orthopedics

40

32

88

500

8

Surgical 4

27

22

70

309

9

Skin

21

12

20

48

10

Urology

28

38

90

300

  1. aParamedical staff includes nurses, ward boys and sweepers working in the ward