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NEW
DELHI:
Hindu
Rao
Hospital
in
north
Delhi
finally
opened
all
OPD
services
for
the
general
public
on
Tuesday.
North
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation
had,
in
a
circular
issued
by
the
CMO
on
June
19,
stated:
“All
OPDs,
which
were
closed
due
to
Hindu
Rao
Hospital
being
a
dedicated
Covid
hospital,
will
now
start
running
from
June
22.
All
concerned
officials
are
directed
to
make
necessary
agreements.”
“The
north
civic
body
as
decided
to
resume
OPD
facilities
here
considering
only
a
few
Covid
patients
are
left
in
the
250-bed
facility,”
a
senior
north
corporation
official
said.
With
major
hospitals
in
the
city
being
declared
as
dedicated
Covid
facilities
earlier
this
year,
patients
were
having
a
tough
time
in
getting
consultation
and
treatment
and
were
forced
to
visit
other
polyclinics
or
dispensaries.
“On
day
one
of
opening
of
the
hospital,
413
new
patients
visited
the
OPDs
at
medicine,
ortho,
surgical,
gynae,
dermatology,
ENT
and
other
departments
in
morning,
and
45
patients
in
evening
OPDs.
The
footfall
shows
that
people
were
desperately
waiting
for
service
to
resume,”
the
civic
official
added.
Meanwhile,
East
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation,
which
had
started
OPDs
at
Swami
Dayanand
Hospital
sometime
back,
also
resumed
services
at
its
24-bed
paediatrics
ward.
“As
far
as
allowing
indoor
admissions
in
other
sections
are
concerned,
we
will
wait
for
a
joint
meeting
with
higher
authorities
and
take
decisions
accordingly.
Considering
we
are
already
making
preparations
for
the
third
wave
of
Covid,
chances
of
admission
in
other
sections
are
unlikely
now,”
said
a
senior
EDMC
official.
South
Delhi
Municipal
Corporation
has
also
resumed
OPDs
at
both
Tilak
Nagar
Colony
Hospital
and
Purnima
Sethi
Hospital.
“We
resumed
OPDs
15
days
back
but
the
Covid
ward
has
been
kept
intact
and
it
can’t
be
removed
unless
we
get
permission
from
DDMA,”’
an
official
claimed.
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