Rohtak PGIMS fixes cap on patients in OPDs

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, April 18

Having stopped elective surgeries, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) authorities here have also now curtailed the number of patients coming to its Outpatient Departments (OPDs) daily in view of the surge in Covid cases.

The number has been reduced up to 50 per cent with immediate effect till further orders. A total of 6,000 patients come daily to the PGIMS for treatment in 36 OPDs in different clinical specialties and super-specialties. Now, 3,000 patients will have to depend on private hospitals.

As per orders issued by Medical Superintendent (MS) Dr Pushpa Dahiya, the cap would apply to existing number of patients or to the number of patients registered from 9 am to 11 am whichever is higher.

The decision fixes the upper limit of 50 patients at burn and plastic surgeries, cardiothoracic surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hepatology, neonatology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, oncology, paediatric surgery, pain clinic, respiratory medicine, rheumatology, sports medicines and urology.

Similarly, 60 patients (20 new and 40 old) will be treated in psychiatry, 100 in cardiology, dermatology and ENT, 150 each in general surgery, pediatrics, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, 200 each in orthopaedics and radiotherapy while 300 patients in the OPD of general medicine.

Dr Varun Arora, spokesman of the PGIMS, said a cap on the number of patients had been fixed in order to prevent crowding, maintain social distancing and other Covid protocols in the OPDs as it was difficult to do so with a high number of patients.