If they didn’t change the schedule at all, 100/365 percent of all surgeries would be on the surgeons birthday. Which is 0.27%. Put another way, assuming a flat

If they didn’t change the schedule at all, 100/365 percent of all surgeries would be on the surgeons birthday. Which is 0.27%. Put another way, assuming a flat distribution, on any given day 980876/365 = 2687 surgeries happen. While apparently on their birthday it’s 2064. Saying ‘only a fraction of the surgeons performed operation on their holidays’ is a strong exaggeration. It’s about 75% of surgeons.