Shouldice Hospital in Canada is widely known for one thing-hernia repair! In fact, that is the only operation it performs, and it performs a great many of them. Over the past two decades this small 84-bed hospital has averaged 6,520 operations annually. Last year, it had a record year and performed nearly 7,020 operations. A hernia repair operation at Shouldice Hospital is performed by one of the 12 full-time surgeons assisted by one of seven part-time assistant surgeons. The first operations begin at 7:30 AM each day, Monday through Friday. Surgeons generally take about one hour to prepare for and perform each hernia operation, and they operate on an average of at most four patients per day. This four patient per day limit on the average number of operations performed per surgeon has been found to be the best operating level for the hospital as it take into account time the surgeons need for patient exams and consultations, updating medical charts, writing reports, traveling to professional conferences, vacations, and other times when they are performing other duties or are not available to perform surgeries. A given surgeon may perform more than four surgeries on a given day, but the average cannot exceed four without having adverse effects on overall hospital operations. The surgeons' day ends at 4 p.m. Although hernia repair operations are performed only five days a week, the remainder of the hospital is in operation continuously to attend to recovering patients. The table below shows the room occupancy plan for the existing system. Each row in the table follows the patients who checked in on a given day. The columns indicate the number of patients in the hospital on a given night. FRIDAY MONDAY 28 SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY 28 28 CHECK-IN DAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total BEDS REQUIRED WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 56 28 84 84 84 56 28 28 For example, the first row of the table shows that 28 people checked in on Monday and were in the hospital for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights before being discharged on Thursday. By summing the column of the table for Wednesday, we see that there are 84 patients staying in the hospital that night. The medical facilities at Shouldice consist of five operating rooms, a patient recovery room, a laboratory, and six examination rooms. Now look at the effect of increasing the number of beds by 50 percent. a. How many operations could the hospital perform per day before running out of bed capacity? (Assume operations are performed five days per week, with the same number performed on each day.) (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) Number of operations per day b. What would the utilization of the bed capacity become if the new beds were added and the hospital were to perform the number of operations calculated in part a? (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Utilization % % % % Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total % % % % Shouldice Hospital in Canada is widely known for one thing-hernia repair! In fact, that is the only operation it performs, and it performs a great many of them. Over the past two decades this small 84-bed hospital has averaged 6,520 operations annually. Last year, it had a record year and performed nearly 7,020 operations. A hernia repair operation at Shouldice Hospital is performed by one of the 12 full-time surgeons assisted by one of seven part-time assistant surgeons. The first operations begin at 7:30 AM each day, Monday through Friday. Surgeons generally take about one hour to prepare for and perform each hernia operation, and they operate on an average of at most four patients per day. This four patient per day limit on the average number of operations performed per surgeon has been found to be the best operating level for the hospital as it take into account time the surgeons need for patient exams and consultations, updating medical charts, writing reports, traveling to professional conferences, vacations, and other times when they are performing other duties or are not available to perform surgeries. A given surgeon may perform more than four surgeries on a given day, but the average cannot exceed four without having adverse effects on overall hospital operations. The surgeons' day ends at 4 p.m. Although hernia repair operations are performed only five days a week, the remainder of the hospital is in operation continuously to attend to recovering patients. The table below shows the room occupancy plan for the existing system. Each row in the table follows the patients who checked in on a given day. The columns indicate the number of patients in the hospital on a given night. FRIDAY MONDAY 28 SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY 28 28 CHECK-IN DAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total BEDS REQUIRED WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 56 28 84 84 84 56 28 28 For example, the first row of the table shows that 28 people checked in on Monday and were in the hospital for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights before being discharged on Thursday. By summing the column of the table for Wednesday, we see that there are 84 patients staying in the hospital that night. The medical facilities at Shouldice consist of five operating rooms, a patient recovery room, a laboratory, and six examination rooms. Now look at the effect of increasing the number of beds by 50 percent. a. How many operations could the hospital perform per day before running out of bed capacity? (Assume operations are performed five days per week, with the same number performed on each day.) (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.) Number of operations per day b. What would the utilization of the bed capacity become if the new beds were added and the hospital were to perform the number of operations calculated in part a? (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.) Utilization % % % % Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Total % % % %