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The Safdarjung Hospital administration will start the country's first online critical care follow-up clinic for patients discharged from the ICU who can get doctors' advice as they recover further in their homes. The online follow-up clinic will be available via an e-Sanjivani OPD portal from 10 am to 11 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays, an official statement said. The portal will be inaugurated by hospital director, Dr Sandeep Bansal, on Saturday. Patients and their families can log in to the portal and get critical care consultation from the hospital, it said. "In India, ICU follow-up and critical care are extremely necessary because many of our patients come from very distant places. They travel from far-off areas, and once they return home after treatment, it becomes very difficult for them to come back again for follow-up visits," said Dr Anirban Hom, Head of Critical Care at Safdarjung Hospital. "We also know that these patients are often not fully capable after discharge and ...
The Centre-run Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi will restore its OPD services to normal timings from Tuesday, according to an official circular issued by the medical superintendent of the hospital. All elective surgeries will also be restored with effect from September 1, it stated. "It has been decided to restore the OPD services of the hospital to normal timings (8:30 am to 11:30 am from Monday to Friday and 8.30 am to 11 am on Saturday) with effect from September 1," said the circular issued to all heads of departments and others officials. The OPD was being run for limited duration, while elective surgeries were suspended in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.