Chandigarh: With the Director of PGI interested in the commencement of physical OPD, the source said the meeting with the head of the department would be held this week to make decisions.
“I think that physical opds must be reopened for the benefit of the patient.
At the sophisticated eye care center, we have increased intake to more than 200 patients a day.
They are not even registered by telephone or online.
They walk and look,” said Director PGI Prof.
Jagat Ram.
PGI closed the physical opd in March 2020, when Covid’s pandemic crashed into the city.
Health care workers are infected and many patients also catch infection.
To prevent transmission, the Institute opened a special Covid hospital from OPD and was taken to Tele-consultation.
“However, telephone lines compared to the patient inflow.
I have tried to get tele-consultation since the last week, but cannot be connected,” said Harpal Bhatti, a city resident.
Also, doctors feel that tele-consultation is not enough in many cases.
“It can help manage follow-up cases but not new, which needs to be physically evaluated.
The telecast is the cracks and cannot replace the physical opd,” said a faculty in PGI.
PGI receives more than 10,000 patients in OPDs every day before telephoto consultation.
“Most of the departments have called their follow-up cases without tele registration.
However, this limits other patients from visits.
Therefore, high time that physical OPD continues.
All other hospitals, including GMCH 32 and GMSH 16 have seen patients in Physical ops, “said a faculty at PGI.