PGI Chandigarh starts tele-consultation service in view of coronavirus
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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.
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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.
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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
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