A Study of Pattern of Cases in the Casualty of a Medical College Hospital in Raichur, Karnataka

This study was conducted on 500 patients who visited the casualty of Navodaya Medical College Hospital, Raichur, Karntaka, India. The objective of the study was to know the pattern of cases in the casualty and to analyse the case mix pattern of emergency cases in the casualty. The study revealed that maximum number of patients visiting the casualty belonged to General Medicine&its allied speciality. The large number of patients visiting the casualty had minor complaints and did not suffer from any serious complaint, which actually required emergency treatment. This results in increase workload of the medical&para medical staff working in the casualty