CriticalBed held by a stuck discharge · general_medicineopen since 12 Oct 2026, 11:15 am
Bed W2-11 in W2 is held by discharge D-109, 170 min old, waiting on await report T-892 (chest X-ray) (lab), discharge summary (records)
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: Mohammed Irfan's discharge has waited 170 min in bed W2-11.
- CriticalA report is late: X-ray chest for Mohammed Irfan is 75 min late, 4th in the radiology queue, and holds a discharge and bed W2-11.
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 | Mohammed Irfan | |||||||||
| discharge | D-109 | |||||||||
| discharge age min | 170 | |||||||||
| open tasks |
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| report eta min at current queue position | 80 | |||||||||
| 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:W2-11.