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Out Patient Services
- General OPD
All general outpatient clinics, such as Medicine, Surgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, ENT, Dental and Rehabilitation Medicine are conducted from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Registration is from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
- Specialty Clinics for General Patients
Skin, Plastic Surgery, Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Urology, Neurology, Neuro Surgery, Psychiatry, Chest Clinic and Gastroenterology are conducted from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Registration is from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Free OPD
For the poor patients, hospital runs a free clinic on Wednesdays and Fridays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Doctors from all departments are available for consultation. Registration is from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Private OPD
In the Private OPD, a patient is able to see the specific doctor of his/her choice on an appointment basis (by telephone) to avoid waiting. You can also book an appointment through internet. We will send you a confirmation by email. All specialty and super specialty clinics are held in the same area in the morning and afternoon.
Inpatient Services
- Admission
Patients are admitted to the hospital as per the recommendation of a doctor. All patients are admitted in the hospital under a team of doctors. The beds in this hospital are divided between general and private category:
- 70% of the hospital beds are earmarked for general patients, where care is subsidised by the hospital.
- 30% beds are in the private wards.
All patients are required to see the Assessment Officer to get an idea about the approximate charges for different services and also to understand the routine formalities such as admission, discharge etc.
- Visiting Hours:
Visiting hours are between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. It is requested to restrict the number of visitors to protect your patients from infection, particularly before and after surgery.
General Ward patients are not allowed any attendant, except when ordered by the doctor.
- Diet Arrangements for the patients:
Breakfast for general patients is free and compulsory. Hospital will not allow breakfast to brought in for any patient. Time to bring patient's meals is form 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Discharge
Discharges of patients can be either in the morning or in the evening. Most of the discharges are planned for the following morning. In such situations additional room rent is not charged for the subsequent day.
Patients are advised to collect the discharge summary before leaving the hospital. If you leave the hospital against medical advice, you are not eligible for discharge summary.
Those who require charge slip details for reimbursement purpose should request them at the time of discharge.
If you need to leave the hospital in an emergency, you can do so after paying an advance. You may come later for the final bill.
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