Restoring health services post lockdown : AIIMS forms committee to devise strategy
The core committee, comprising 24 members chaired by AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria, will deliberate on the matter and devise a strategy for AIIMS, New Delhi for patient care services after lockdown is lifted, it said.;
Delhi - A month after AIIMS shut down its OPD services and curtailed all elective surgeries in its effort to redirect its resources to control the COVID-19 outbreak, the premier hospital has constituted a committee to devise a strategy to restore healthcare services once the lockdown is lifted.
The committee, which met on Monday, deliberated on the restoration of the elective surgeries and OPD services, according to sources.
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At present, hospital services have been curtailed as part of the government's strategy to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, an office memorandum dated April 25 said.
"In due course, the lockdown is likely to be rolled back and hospital services are needed to be restored in a phased manner with measures in place to avoid cross-infection and COVID-19 transmission," the memorandum issued to all chief of centres and Heads of Departments said.
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