This project is
aimed at developing an automated mortuary information management system, which
manages the activity of “Registration and Billing payment. This system will
manage the database and maintain a list of all registered corpse that have been
registered as a finalist in this site, and for those that have not completed
their payment. The programming Language used is PHP (Hypertext preprocessor).
This Language was chosen because of its object oriented features and class
libraries for developing online applications. The output of the system will be
in a softcopy or hardcopy.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCCTION
1.1
Background to the Study
A morgue or mortuary is
a hospital service
point used for
security and safety of
human corpses awaiting
identification or removal for
autopsy, burial or any other
post-death rituals. Mortuaries have for
long been used
as places to preserve and
prevent deterioration of human
corpses. They are
useful sources for tracking
records and information
on dead persons
as well as an
institution for research
(Sirohiwaet al., 2011).
Despite the increased
urge to improve
service delivery around the
world, mortuary facilities
have not received
as much attention. Globally,
hospitals face a
challenge of maintaining mortuary
facilities to act
as any other
services point (HallgrÃmuret al., 2007). Unfortunately, mortuary
services are a
neglected business:
especially in developing
countries and hospitals (therein) continue
to struggle to
maintain mortuary facilities and services
(HallgrÃmuret al., 2007). Mortuaries
are usually not
of acceptable standard with
old infrastructure like
post-mortem tables and often
treated as dumping
grounds for dead
bodies leading to poor
corpses’ storage (Stevens et al., 2010). This usually creates a problem to the
society. With the introduction of
computerised systems, there is tendency of not keeping printed rules and
procedures up to date any longer but to rely instead on business rules built
into the systems; though up-to-date online or printed manuals are still indispensable
to guide users through procedures.The
situation is made
worse in developing countries where
mortuaries are usually
found unhygienic with rodents
and foul odor.
Mortuary early 14c., from Anglo-French
mortuarie "gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner," from
Medieval Latin mortuarium, noun use of neuter of Late Latin adjective
mortuarius "pertaining to the dead," from Latin mortuus, pp.
of mori "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "place
where bodies are kept temporarily" first recorded 1865, a euphemism for
earlier English term "deadhouse."
Morgue from the Frenchmorgue, which
means 'to look at solemnly, to defy'. First used to describe the inner wicket
of a prison, where new prisoners were kept so that jailers and turnkeys could
recognize them in the future, it took on its modern meaning in
fifteenth-century Paris, being used to describe part of the Châtelet used for the storage and identification of unknown corpses.
Morgue is predominantly used in North
American English, while mortuary is more common in British English,
although both terms are used interchangeably. The euphemisms “Rose Cottage” and
“Rainbow’s End” are sometimes used in British
hospitals to enable discussion in front of patients, the latter mainly for
children.
A person responsible for handling and
washing bodies is now known as a denier, morgue attendant, or autopsy
technician.
1.2 Statement of the problem
The following problems were
identified in the existing system at the case study:
1. Inability to keep the proper record of number corpse in
mortuary
2. Error in computation of available
space in the mortuary
3. Inability to accurately calculate
bill due to the manual process of payment
4. Difficulties of corpse owner to
obtain billing receipt.
5. The inability to identify corpse in
the mortuary
1.3 Aims and objectives of the Study
The aim of the study is to develop a
mortuary management system. The following are the specific objectives to
realize the needed aim:
1. To design web application that can
keep the proper record of number human body in mortuary
2. To design web application that can
give accurate computation of available space in the mortuary
3. To design a system that can accurately
store billing and corpse record for mortuary services.
4. To design a system that can be used
to obtain mortuary bill reports.
1.4 Significance of study
The study is significant in the
following ways:
1. It will provide the mortuary
division of general hospital UmugwumaOwerri West Imo State with an effective system to
accurately compute and record mortuary bills.
2. It will aid easy management of mortuary
billing information.
3. It will serve as a reference
material for future research.
1.5 Scope of the study
The
scope of this study will center on design and implementation of Mortuary
management system of general hospital UmugwumaOwerri West Imo State.
1.6 Limitations of the Study
Usually, every work has some limitations
and this study is not exempted.
The two major limitations of this study
are the high programming technique as well as financial constraints. The high
programming technique constraint in PHP and MYSQL prevents the researcher to
have an in depth study and analysis on the subject matter. While the issue of
financial constraint limits the frequency of investigation to/from the
institution toward gathering the necessary information relevant for the study.
1.7 Definition of
Terms
MORTUARY:
A morgue
or mortuary (in a hospital or elsewhere) is used for the
storage of human corpses awaiting identification or
removal for autopsy or respectful burial, cremation or other method. In modern
times corpses have customarily been refrigerated to delay decomposition.
MANAGEMENT:
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body
HTML CODE: - HTML
stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a type of computer language that
is primarily used for files that are posted on the internet and viewed by web
browsers.
Markup language:
- A markup language is a combination of words and symbols which give
instructions on how a document should appear.
Web browser:
-A Web browser is a software program that interprets the coding language of the
World Wide Web in graphic form, displaying the translation rather than the
coding.
File extension: -
A file extension is the suffix at the end of a filename that tells a computer,
and the computer user, which program is needed to open the file
Email:
- Email, also sometimes written as e-mail, is simply the shortened form of
electronic mail, a protocol for receiving, sending, and storing electronic
messages. TCP/IP: - This often used
but little understood set of operations stands for Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TEXT FILE: - A
text file is a computer file that stores a typed document as a series of
alphanumeric characters, usually without visual formatting information.
Hyper Link:-A
hyperlink is a graphic or a piece of text in an Internet document that can
connect readers to another webpage, or another portion of a document.
WWW: -
acronym for World Wide Web.
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