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Amid doctor protests, outpatients at West Bengal’s govt hospitals see significant decline

September 05, 2024 9:14 am

Data shows OPD patients have gone down by half, while the number of surgeries have been cut down by nearly a quarter. Senior doctors are pitching in, but hospitals continue to see long queues.

For faster treatment, shorter waiting period, separate paediatric OPD counter set up at Safdarjung Hospital

August 10, 2024 3:16 am

The new counter is on the second floor of the OPD building, near the previously situated paediatric OPD.

‘PGI OPDs see uptick in patients... advancements in cancer treatment have improved survival rates’: Dr Rakesh Kapoor

July 22, 2024 1:43 pm

Prof (Dr) Rakesh Kapoor, Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, tells Parul how early-stage cancer treatment with radiotherapy and technological advancements in the field has significantly improved survival rates.

New rules for PGI Chandigarh OPDs soon

March 21, 2024 8:07 am

On average, the number of patients who register for physical OPDs is between 8,000 and 10,000, with patients standing in queues since 5 am for registration to access specialists at the institute.

Mumbai's Sion hospital helps poor couples with free fertility treatment; 18 women conceive in 4 months

March 05, 2024 9:12 am

The hospital has plans to offer more advanced ART procedures, specifically those that fall under ART level-2.

In a first, PGI's Advanced Cardiac Centre starts yoga for patients, caregivers at OPD

February 12, 2024 7:40 am

“I came here with my husband for his heart check-up and was very stressed. The yoga session was constructive and motivated me to learn more,” said Kamal Gupta, wife of a visiting patient.

H3N2 virus rages in cities: Why we must not panic. How to protect kids and elderly, avoid relapse?

March 19, 2023 11:07 am

'The flu season will ebb but we will be perennially prone to contracting viral and bacterial infection. We have to develop a new preventive social behaviour in a post-Covid world,’ says Dr Manoj Sharma, senior consultant, Internal Medicine, Fortis, Vasant Kunj

OPD services start in Chandigarh's GMCH, Sector 48

December 02, 2022 9:24 am

The issue of starting OPDs in GMCH-48 was raised by Rajinder Sharma with the Adviser to the Administrator during the Advisory Council meeting on November 24.

At Panchkula civil hospital: Huge rush on Day 1 at psychiatric OPD, docs blame Covid fatigue

June 10, 2021 1:43 am

The rise in mental health related issues amid the second wave has been significantly higher in both healthcare workers as well as the general population.

Diagnostic Centre to come up at Panchkula’s Mansa Devi Temple

July 03, 2020 1:36 pm

Besides retired doctors, services of medical practitioners associated with different NGOs will also be employed at the centre.

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