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Facility to resume in CD Hospital Jammu from June 23
STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: With Covid cases declining in Jammu and Kashmir, the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital here reopened its Out Patient Department (OPD) services after over two months, but only with a prior appointment, officials said Monday.
The OPD services in various Covid-dedicated hospitals including the GMC were suspended in April following a surge in cases, with some of them reopening over the past two weeks.
Sharing the telephone numbers for booking an appointment in different departments including eye, orthopedics, medicine and surgery, an official spokesperson said the total number of appointments per speciality per day would not exceed 25 which is also subject to revision based on the future trend of the pandemic.
He said the dedicated phone number would be operational from 10 am to 4 pm on all working days for fixing the appointments.
The spokesman said Covid-appropriate behaviour would be observed by everyone in all departments of the hospital including the registration and OPD area, and sought people’s cooperation,
“Each patient will be accompanied by not more than one attendant who must be wearing proper face masks. The patients are advised to attend the OPD by prior appointment only, failing which they may be liable not to be examined by the doctors in OPD, he said.
Meanwhile, the OPD services are being resumed in CD Hospital Jammu by prior appointment from June 23, 2021 (Wednesday). Appointment for Monday shall be given on Saturday.
The OPDs will be operational at the OPD Section from 10:00 am to 02:00 PM. The appointment will be given by the CD&TB staff nominated by the HoD CD & TB on the dedicated Sim No. 9541925371.
The dedicated number 9541925371will be operational from 10:00 am to 04:00 pm on all working days for fixing the appointments.
The total number of appointments shall not be more than 25 patients per day which is subject to revision considering the future trend of COVID-19 pandemic.
At all cost COVID Appropriate Behaviour shall be observed by everyone in the department/section of the hospital including registration and OPD area. Each patient will be accompanied by not more than one attendant, who must be wearing proper face masks.
The patients are advised to attend the OPD by prior appointment only, failing which they may be liable not to be examined by the doctors in OPD.