Abstract:
Operational availability of equipment was revealed as 57 percent. This figure seemed to be
above that of the developing countries. There was no significant difference of operational
availability among each hospital of the province; however, different equipment categories
showed wide variation of operational availability. Twenty five out of eighty five pieces of
equipment were not ready for use at all, through out the period of study. Operational
availability figures were seen clustered at both ends of a continuum. Technical faults
accounted for most of the downtime ( 77 percent). Lack of facilities and Lack of
consumables accounted for 7 percent of downtime each. Assessment of "mean time taken
for repair" and "mean time between failures" was not possible due to the limited period
available for the study
