AIIMS Delhi To Restart OPD Services In A Phased Manner From June 18: Here's All You Need To Know
While the number of fresh COVID cases? going down and the national capital is easing restrictions, the AIIMS Delhi in a statement on Tuesday said that it will resume OPD services from June 18 in a phased manner. The OPD services were stopped at the medical institute due to the increasing outbreak of coronavirus in the national capital.
What we know so far
AIIMS had shut down its OPD facilities on March 24, 2020 along with specialty?for new and follow up patients. This was done to depute the resources and manpower at AIIMS to manage the crisis.?However, doctors were providing consultation through telemedicine and only emergency cases were being taken up.
Here's all that we know so far:
- OPD registration will be done only for such patients who are having prior online/telephonic appointment, AIIMS Delhi stated.
- The decision to allow walk-in registrations will be taken later after reviewing COVID-19 situation, AIIMS Delhi further added.?
- Amid the second wave, AIIMS Delhi had decided to shut its physical OPD services from April 22 and postpone routine inpatient admissions.
Delhi unlock
After a strict five-week lockdown, authorities in Delhi have fully re-opened shops and malls, and allowed restaurants to have 50% seating. Suburban rail networks can run at 50% capacity, and offices have been partially reopened.
"Delhi's top #mall saw a footfall of 19,000 people last weekend- as soon as it reopened. Have we gone totally mad?" Ambrish Mithal, a doctor with a Max HealthCare hospital in New Delhi said on Twitter. "Wait for #COVID19 to explode again- and blame the government, hospitals, country."
Third wave scare
Disease experts have cautioned that a race towards resuming business as usual would compromise vaccination efforts as only about 5% of all 950 million eligible adults have been inoculated.Doctors say Delhi's near-complete re-opening is concerning. The city's authorities have said they would reimpose strict curbs if needed.
The Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday stated that the COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,77,031 with 2,726 fresh deaths.
The active cases further declined to 9,13,378 comprising 3.09 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.64 per cent. A net decline of 59,780 cases has been recorded in the COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.?
