COVID-19 resurgence: AIIMS Delhi OPD services suspended for 14 days

The circular added that emergency patients who require in-patient hospitalization or private ward hospitalisation will continue to be admitted.

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AIIMS had suspended OPD registrations from March 23 as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country started to increase. AIIMS resumed OPD services on June 25, after a gap of three months.

The move to suspended OPD services comes after Delhi recorded over 2,000 COVID-19 cases each on Monday and Tuesday, which were the highest single-day figures in two months. COVID-19 cases in Delhi had dropped for most of August.

Delhi is sixth on the list of Indian states with most COVID-19 cases. As of Wednesday morning, Delhi has recorded over 1.77 lakh cases and 4,462 fatalities from the virus.

"The decision has been taken in view of increased admissions of non-COVID serious patients through 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.

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