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Table 2 Number of visits to essential healthcare–delivering units in SPHMMC (from May 1to October 31, 2020)

From: Impact of COVID-19 and mitigation plans on essential health services: institutional experience of a hospital in Ethiopia

Essential healthcare type

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

Monthly average

Outpatient services

 Internal Medicine

3297

6172

6497

7010

8141

7820

6489

 Surgery

2551

2255

2254

3235

3725

3976

3000

 Gynaecology

769

866

890

1128

1502

1477

1105

 Dermatology

0

58

186

326

475

686

289

 Dental & Maxillofacial

252

169

184

242

388

711

324

 Ophthalmology

232

494

928

1696

2495

3572

1569

 Psychiatry

602

598

615

697

594

777

647

 Ear Nose & Throat (ENT)

0

234

510

629

879

1078

555

 Renal Transplant

170

270

267

259

333

350

275

 Palliative care

1

0

2

3

4

4

3

 Oncology

538

804

832

1016

1075

987

879

 Pediatrics

473

418

917

690

2168

1373

1006

Emergency services

 Pediatrics Emergency

173

116

172

187

254

205

164

 Adult Emergency

426

400

554

571

701

694

485

 Gynaecology Emergency

1063

1002

879

1004

1135

1064

1028

 AaBET Emergency

629

538

260

372

595

431

527

Other services

 Family planning

220

178

298

230

286

265

223

 Cervical cancer screening

1

0

17

16

6

 Voluntary Counselling & Testing

0

0

6

77

4

0

14

 Post Exposure Prophylaxis

0

1

 

15

0

3

 Dialysis

206

194

211

200

68

Maternal Service

 Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery

443

537

442

291

529

528

462

 Instrumental delivery

45

38

33

33

47

25z

37

 Caesarean section

372

347

356

356

426

399

376

 Maternal death

0

0

0

1

1

0

 Antenatal care

1860

2235

1605

1352

1119

1307

1746

 Postnatal care

384

520

558

509

880

427

546

Surgical Service

 Emergency surgery

203

148

209

192

270

245

193

 Elective surgery

142

133

181

190

206

344

168

Inpatient Service

 Surgical ward

130

145

230

261

128

 Medical ward

76

72

81

66

49

 Pediatrics ward

74

75

73

70

49

 Maternity ward

491

503

607

524

354

 Gynaecology ward

114

127

162

142

91

*Others

211

166

828

524

648

650

504

Total inpatient admission

211

166

1713

1446

1801

1713

682

  1. *Others: Dental & Maxillofacial, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, ENT, ICU and Renal Transplant