You are provided the following data relating to Karpagam Hospital for the year ended 31 December 2009. You are required to compute the cost per patient day:

The hospital has 50 beds. It has run at full capacity for 180 days. For 45 days, only 20 beds were occupied. At times when all the beds were full, extra beds had been hired at Rs. 20 per day.

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Salaries to staff Rs. 50,000 Rent of premises 10,000 Repairs and maintenance 2,000 General administration expenses 6,000 Cost of oxygen, X-ray film, etc. 5,000 Depreciation 12,000 Doctors fees 50,000 Food 30,000 Medicines 20,000 Diagnostic services 15,000 Laundry 1,500 Hire charges for extra beds 2,000