Kullu district hospital first in Himachal to start online registration for patients

Abhinav Vashisht

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Kullu, December 15

The Regional Hospital, Kullu, has become the first district hospital in the state to provide online registration slips for OPD patients so that they don’t have to stand in queues for long.

Now, the patients can register on the hospital website (https://www.kulluhospital.com). Thereafter, they will be provided a token on arrival in the hospital after which they can directly visit the OPD.

Kullu Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Garg said it was decided at a meeting of Rogi Kalyan Samiti (RKS) that online registration for OPD patients would be launched to facilitate patients and save time. He said the facility was launched yesterday and around 78 persons had registered on the first day itself. He said people of Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti and Mandi district would be benefitted by this facility. “Online registration will ensure that people don’t have to stand in queues. This will reduce rush at registration counters and help in maintaining social distance as well,” he said.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Sushil Chander Sharma said wide publicity would be given to the online registration system so that the crowd at the OPDs could be controlled and patients were not forced to wait for long time.

He said the service would be more beneficial for the elderly. He appealed to the masses to register online before coming to the hospital to avoid long waiting period. “The provision of swift health services will be encouraged by adopting this system and it will assist in improving the overall working in a systematic order,” he added.