A child is an ideal patient for "Clay care surgery". All over the world 50 to 60 percent of total surgical procedures carried out in paediatric surgical units belong to day care surgery. Day care surgery was started in the department of Paediatric surgery, Services Hospital Lahore on 13-022001. A prospective study was designed to assess its applications and merits in our set up. Uptill 1202-2003, 1260 cases were operated as day care surgery, which include herniotomies (360), circumcisions 9386), Ligation of PPV (Patent Processes Vaginalis) for Hydrocele (167),Rectal polypectomies (80), Lymph Node biopsies (33), Orchidopexies (48), release of tongue tie (26), sclerotherapy for rectal prolapse (28), ligation of umbilical polyp (25), and etc. Only 32 patients had to be detained, 15 of them for post operative vomiting and 5 for post operative bleeding after circumcision, 3 for pain and 9 for swelling after herniotomies. Parents followed pre operative instructions excellently. Day care surgery has been found to be very beneficial and cost effective, eliminating unnecessary prolonged hospital stay. This provides great facility to the parents, to return home the same day, and reduces the burden on indoor management. We did not find any demerits of day care surgery and therefore we recommend it as a standared policy with hope that more day care surgery centers will be established.