OPD services at Delhi-based Rajiv Gandhi hospital to resume
The first surgery to be conducted after 10 months
Doctors at Delhi government-run Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) is likely to conduct a heart bypass surgery today, which will be the first operation to be done since the hospital was declared a dedicated coronavirus facility nearly 10 months ago, officials said.
The national capital had reported its first coronavirus case on March 1 when a businessman from east Delhi had tested positive for the infection.
LNJP Hospital and RGSSH were among the facilities converted into dedicated COVID-19 hospitals soon after the cases began to rise.
The 650-bed RGSSH was a dedicated coronavirus facility till recently when it was converted into a partially COVID-19 hospital, along with six other Delhi government-run hospitals, including Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital.
The OPD services resumed at the 2000-bed LNJP Hospital located in central Delhi, the largest facility under the city government, from January 4.
“The OPD services of five departments will function only partially in a week. So, cardiology and urology departments will run it on Monday and Wednesday, gastroenterology will run only on Monday, while pulmonology and CTVS will operate or on Wednesday and Friday,” Gupta said.
The move will come as a big relief for people, especially the residents of east Delhi where the hospital is located.
“The OPDs of medicine, surgery, paediatric and gynaecology have resumed serving the general public at the LNJP Hospital. But, the number of patients who can be seen, has been capped to 50 for each of the four departments,” the official at the hospital had earlier said.
PTI
