AIIMS brought to standstill as server goes down for hours, hospital says shut for maintenance
AIIMS Delhi experienced a significant disruption due to a server outage from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday noon, affecting its emergency and outpatient departments. Doctors faced challenges accessing patient files, while many medical tests were halted due to the inability to generate barcodes.
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New Delhi: In the digital age, where hospitals and medical institutions increasingly rely on technology for efficient patient care, an unexpected server outage can have widespread consequences. AIIMS Delhi, one of the premier healthcare institutions in the country, experienced this firsthand when its server went down from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday noon.
The server of AIIMS Delhi was reportedly down from Wednesday afternoon till Thursday noon, causing inconvenience to doctors and patients at the hospital's emergency and outpatient departments.
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