PGI Chandigarh starts tele-consultation service in view of coronavirus

Chandigarh, March 27

The prestigious PGI hospital here has started tele-consultation service for its registered outdoor patients in view of the pandemic situation of coronavirus, a hospital official said on Friday.

The tele-consultations will be provided in internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, otolaryngology (ENT), neurology and hepatology departments.

Each department has assigned two consultants for providing the tele-consultation on working days from 10 am to 1 pm.

The registered patients of the PGIMER will have to register themselves for these tele-consultations from 9 am to 10 am using helpline numbers – 0172-2756181 and 8427025335.

The registered patients will receive a call from the consultant after 10 am, said an official.

The PGI hospital on March 19 announced to shut down its out-patient departments (OPDs) with immediate effect.

Every day the PGI receives 10,000 patients on an average from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. IANS