Ranchi: Documentation of all referral patients at RIMS from now on
Jharkhand: RIMS Ranchi is now following the practice of documenting all its referral patients to streamline their internal process. It will now officially record the referral patient inflow, to collect exact data on district health centre’s approach for patient care.
Rims is reported to have issued instructions to each department, including the emergency wing to use digital means to follow the new procedure set in. All departments will now be required to document the patient’s complete history. More importantly, this will include the details on referring hospital and the exact condition of the patient during admission to the hospital.
"Overcrowding has become a major problem. While we cannot turn down a patient, there are people who are referred to the hospital with minor cases like diarrhoea from other districts where health centres are prevalent," Rims director Dr B L Sherwal told TOI.
A professor from a Rims department in addition implied on the matter they get a lot of minor referral cases from various health centres and district hospitals. Doctors cannot take complete responsibility of all.
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