CriticalBed held by a stuck discharge · general_medicineopen since 12 Oct 2026, 11:15 am
Bed W2-07 in W2 is held by discharge D-104, 185 min old, waiting on await report T-889 (CBC) (lab), discharge medication (pharmacy)
What to do
No action of its own. It clears when what causes it is fixed; see the chain below.
How it connects: 2 upstream, 5 downstream
Caused by
- CriticalA discharge is stuck: Lakshmi Devi's discharge has waited 185 min in bed W2-07.
- CriticalA report is late: CBC for Lakshmi Devi is 105 min late, 9th in the central lab queue, and holds a discharge and bed W2-07.
Which is why
- CriticalA ward is full while beds sit idle elsewhere: W2 is full: 4 waiting for it (3 boarding elsewhere, 1 just triaged).
- CriticalAdmitted patients are stuck in Emergency: 3 admitted patients are lying in Emergency beds waiting for W2.
- HighA patient is waiting for a bed: Ravi Kumar needs a general bed, waiting 8 min.
- CriticalWaits are longer than usual: Emergency has 15 waiting, mean 64 min against a usual 52 min for this hour.
- HighA complaint has already come in: A complaint about waiting, severity 4.
The records behind it (10)
| ward | W2 | |||||||||
| occupant | Lakshmi Devi | |||||||||
| discharge | D-104 | |||||||||
| discharge age min | 185 | |||||||||
| open tasks |
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| report eta min at current queue position | 180 | |||||||||
| bed ready min after tasks clear | 40 | |||||||||
| own urgency | 3 | |||||||||
| own impact | 2 | |||||||||
| downstream issue count | 5 |
How it was ranked
Urgency 5 of 5, impact 35 (people and beds it touches, downstream included), priority 175 (urgency times impact). Key bed_blocked:W2-07.