Bhubaneswar: To ensure smooth and safe patient care amid a surge in COVID cases, AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has decided to focus more on the “AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Swasthya” app and telemedicine (WhatsApp call) services and reduce the load on OPDs.
According to a release, all the telemedicine numbers used earlier are fully functional and patients are being encouraged to connect more and more through these services instead of coming OPD physically.
“Since the last three days at AIIMS, the admission of COVID-19 positive cases has gradually increased. Hence, some measures are been taken for the smooth functioning of the hospital,” said Medical Superintendent Dr S N Mohanty.
The authorities have also decided to curtail the new registrations phase-wise. “New registration of patients for the departments like General Medicine, Orthopedics, Dermatology, General Surgery, Pulmonary Medicine, ENT, Ophthalmology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, is limited to 100 per day, except the departments like Urology, Neurology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, which will continue as before till further order,” the release said.
This will come into effect from Wednesday (January 12).
The emergency services like day-care, radiotherapy, dialysis, trauma and emergency, emergency & life saving, IPD service, vaccination service, immunization service, pulmonary (vaccination RMRC), anaesthesiology (PAC & Pain Clinic) will continue as before, it added.
The release further said that AIIMS-Bhubaneswar is fully equipped with all necessary medicines for COVID patients. Patients can use digital platforms for healthcare services at AIIMS Bhubaneswar.
At the entry gate, the security personnel will enquire about the double dose vaccination certificate. Also, it will be ensured that the patients coming to OPD will be allowed to enter the hospital premises with only one attendant (maybe two in case of emergency) and adhere to the COVID appropriate behaviour and protocols.
AIIMS-Bhubaneswar is also getting ready with COVID OT, Labour OT and other COVID areas. Similarly, Systemic Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) Ward will be functional soon. It will help emergency serious patients during COVID care, it added.
