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Background: To determine the co- relation between the number of comorbid conditions which are related to most commonly associated health care associated infections such as urinary tract infections (UTI), blood stream infections (BSI), ventilator associated infections (VAP), surgical site infections (SSI). Methods: Using secondary data, all the patients who had HAI for 3 years were taken into consideration. Results: Retrospective data collected for the period of 3 years from January 2013 to December 2015 for the inpatients who got admitted for more than 48 hours of duration, the data collected included the parameters for number of co- morbid conditions each patient presented with the diseases / illness of health care associated infections like urinary tract infections, blood stream infection, ventilator associated pneumonia and surgical site infection. The data collected showed that many patients had 1 st co-morbid condition in 40% of the population. Conclusions: Most of the patients who had an HAI , co-related to have one type of co- morbid condition which was common among all the patients , then there a tapering of co-morbid conditions , many patients had 2 nd co- morbid condition of (20%) , 3 rd co- morbid condition of (15%) , 4 th co- morbid condition of (5 %) and 5 th co- morbid condition of (3%) . Hence there is a need to control and to monitor the co- morbid condition before planning any intervention procedures / invasive procedures which may lead to HAI.