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Table 2 Neonatal Unit Beds and Staff

From: Facility readiness in low and middle-income countries to address care of high risk/ small and sick newborns

Type of Hospital

1.UG- a

Tertiary Urban

2.UG- Public Regional Urban

3.UG- Public Regional Urban

4.UG- Public District Urban

5.UG- Public District Urban

6.UG- Public District Rural

7.UG- Public District Rural

8.UG- Public District Rural

9.UG- a

District Rural

10.UG- a

District Rural

11. INDO- Public Tertiary Urban

12. INDO- Public Tertiary Urban

13. INDO- Public Regional Urban

14. INDO- Public District Urban

15. INDIA- a

Tertiary Urban

16. INDIA- Public Tertiary Urban

Neonatal Unit Bed Strength

50

40

30

6

6

8

3

3

4

2

55

70

32

66

76

80

Total Physicians b (Certified pediatricians)

23 (7)

7 (7)

11 (3)

6 (1)

6 (2)

2 (1)

1 (0)

1 (0)

1 (0)

1 (0)

8 (8)

12 (5)

5 (5)

7 (1)

10 (7)

7 (7)

Total Nursing personnelb (nurses, midwives and nursing assistants)

23

13

9

19

8

11

13

12

13

12

86

105

16

68

79

52

No. of beds per nurse, day shift

6.3

13.3

15

1

2

2.7

1

1.5

1.3

0.7

1.8

3.5

4

3.7

4

5.7

Night shift doctors

2 + 1 on call

2 + 2 on call

1 on call

1 on call

1 + 1 on call

1 on call

1 on call

1 on call

2

1 on call

1

5

1 on call

1

3 + 1 on call

6 + 1 on call

No. of beds per nurse, night shift

12.5

20

30

2

6

4

1.5

1.5

1.3

1

3.9

3.5

4

4.7

5.1

8.9

  1. a - Private, Not for Profit Hospital; UG Uganda, Indo Indonesia; b- Physicians and nursing personnel do not include trainees