AIIMS temporarily shuts down routine walk-in OPD patient registrations from today
It said OPDs/speciality clinics will continue to provide requisite services only for such patients (new and follow-up) having prior appointments.
FollowThe AIIMS has decided to temporarily close down routine walk-in OPD patient registrations, including speciality clinics and all centres, with effect from today (April 8) to minimise the possibility of community spread of coronavirus and optimise diversion of available manpower and resources for the treatment of affected patients.
It said OPDs/speciality clinics will continue to provide requisite services only for such patients (new and follow-up) having prior appointments.
"In view of increased need to minimise possibility of community spread of ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and also to optimise diversion of available manpower and materials, resources for the care and treatment of suspected/confirmed patients of Covid-19 disease, it has been decided to temporarily lose down routine walk-in OPD patient registrations, including speciality clinics in AIIMS hospital and all centres with effect from April 8," a communique sent to all chiefs of Centres and Heads of all clinical departments said.
Respective departments may fix the limits of daily new and follow-up patients in outpatient department (OPD) for the next four weeks, depending on available strength of residents after contributing to Covid-19 pool.
Departments in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) main hospital have also been requested to inform the same to faculty-in-charge and OPD services through e-mail, so that computer facility can be intimated for modifications, the communique added.
India registered a record single-day spike of 1,26,789 new Covid-19 cases, pushing its infection tally to 1,29,28,574, while the number of active cases too went upwards to breach the nine lakh-mark again, the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Thursday showed.
