<p>With an increasing number of non-Covid patients being admitted in the emergency department of the AIIMS here, hospital authorities have suspended routine OPD admissions in general and private wards for two weeks.</p>.<p>However, routine OPD services to enable patients to seek medical advice and counselling, which were recently resumed will continue, AIIMS Medical Superintendent, Dr D K Sharma, said.</p>.<p>"In view of the need to optimise usage of available inpatient beds for hospitalisation of seriously ill emergency/semi-emergency patients, it has been decided to temporarily stop routine OPD admissions to general wards as well as private wards in AIIMS hospital and all centres with immediate effect for a period of two weeks which will be reviewed after that," a circular issued by Sharma on Tuesday said.</p>.<p>Emergency patients, who require inpatient hospitalisation in general wards or such patients who are advised private wards hospitalisation owing to emergency and semi-emergency conditions will continue to be admitted.</p>.<p>"Notwithstanding above, EHS (employees health scheme) patients will continue to be hospitalised as clinically warranted," the circular stated.</p>.<p>"The decision has been taken in view of increased admissions of non-Covid serious patients through an emergency, particularly trauma emergency as the Trauma Centre has been converted into a dedicated Covid-19 facility. There has been an almost two-fold increase in emergency admissions," Sharma explained.</p>
<p>With an increasing number of non-Covid patients being admitted in the emergency department of the AIIMS here, hospital authorities have suspended routine OPD admissions in general and private wards for two weeks.</p>.<p>However, routine OPD services to enable patients to seek medical advice and counselling, which were recently resumed will continue, AIIMS Medical Superintendent, Dr D K Sharma, said.</p>.<p>"In view of the need to optimise usage of available inpatient beds for hospitalisation of seriously ill emergency/semi-emergency patients, it has been decided to temporarily stop routine OPD admissions to general wards as well as private wards in AIIMS hospital and all centres with immediate effect for a period of two weeks which will be reviewed after that," a circular issued by Sharma on Tuesday said.</p>.<p>Emergency patients, who require inpatient hospitalisation in general wards or such patients who are advised private wards hospitalisation owing to emergency and semi-emergency conditions will continue to be admitted.</p>.<p>"Notwithstanding above, EHS (employees health scheme) patients will continue to be hospitalised as clinically warranted," the circular stated.</p>.<p>"The decision has been taken in view of increased admissions of non-Covid serious patients through an emergency, particularly trauma emergency as the Trauma Centre has been converted into a dedicated Covid-19 facility. There has been an almost two-fold increase in emergency admissions," Sharma explained.</p>