Table 1. Study patients diagnoses in descending order of frequency

Patients n (%)

Diagnosis

169 (13.0)

Malaria

108 (8.3)

Sepsis

80 (6.2)

Abortion

69 (5.3)

Pneumonia

45 (3.5)

Tuberculosis

43 (3.3)

Fibroids

40 (3.1)

Acute abdomen, gastroenteritis

37 (2.9)

Trauma

33 (2.5)

Meningitis

32 (2.5)

Cervical carcinoma, hernia

28 (2.2)

Anaemia

27 (2.1)

Renal disease

25 (1.9)

Cysts

24 (1.9)

Heart disease

21 (1.6)

Tumours, skin and musculoskeletal infections

20 (1.5)

Benign prostatic hypertrophy, breast cancer, lymphoma

16 (.2)

Esophageal cancer, abscesses

14 (1.1)

Bleeding, fistulae, masses, threatening abortions

13 (1.0)

Ectopic pregnancy

12 (0.9)

Peritonitis

10 (0.8)

Burns

8 (0.6)

Liver disease, pelvic inflammatory disease

7 (0.5)

Bladder carcinoma, hydrocele, immunosuppression, Kaposi's sarcoma, ruptured uterus, warts

6 (0.5)

Diabetes

5 (0.4)

Appendicitis, epistaxis, hydrocephalus, polyps, prostate carcinoma, rectal carcinoma, urethral stricture

4 (0.3)

Candida, goiter, hepatitis, pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, placenta praevia

3 (0.2)

Drug side effects, dysentery, lymphadenopathy, oesophageal varices, peptic ulcer, phimosis, postpartum haemorrhage, psychosis, rhabdomyosarcoma, sickle cell anaemia, spina bifida, thyroid carcinoma.

2 (0.2)

Adenoma, cystocele, endometrial carcinoma, git congenital abnormalities, haemorrhoids, leukemia, osteosarcoma, polyarthritis, stomach carcinoma, stroke, thrombocytopenia, tonsillitis, uterine prolapsed, uterine stones, volvulus, venous thromboembolism.

1 (0.1)

Asthma, cervical incompetence, chronic osteomalacia, cleftlip, derilium, eclampsia postpartum, emetic gravidarum, endometritis, gynaecomastia, haematemesis, hepatoma, hyaditiform mole, hypocalcemia, ingrowing toe nails, intrauterine  prolapsed, keloid, kwashiorkor, lactic acidosis, lymphadenitis, lymphoproliferative disease, malignant melanoma, molar pregnancy, nasal obstruction, necrotic uterus, non reassuring fetal heart, orchitis, osteospondylitis, palatal ulcer, pancreatic carcinoma, pancreatic pseudocyst, penile carcinoma, peripheral neuropathy, phosphate poisoning, polyhydramios, post urethral ulcer, priapisms, prolonged menses, premature rapture of membranes, rectal diverticuli, retained products of conception, sarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, schizophrenia, space occupying lesion, Steven Johnstone Syndrome, sexually transmitted infection, tongue carcinoma, upper airway obstruction, urethral calculi, uterine agenesis, uterine perforation, vault prolapse, vulvitis.