Safdarjung Hospital: Online Appointments for OPD up 200%
Navdeep Nandre
The Safadarjung Hospital, Delhi, started online appointment for Out Patient Department (OPD) a year ago and has now registered a 200% increase in its popularity.
“Now-a-days 90 to 100 patients are taking online appointment for OPD in our hospital. Gradually, it is increasing among patients, especially the youth,” said Dr. Anil Kumar Rai, Medical Superintendent, Safdarjung Hospital.
“A year ago 20 to 30 patients used to take online appointment for OPD. Now, the increase is 200%” said Dr. Rai.
“We still feel there is lack of awareness among the patients regarding this. To overcome this, we have put up notices in the hospital informing about online appointment. People coming to us are really poor. Many do not know how to use the Internet,” added Dr. Rai.
At present Safadarjung Hospital offers eleven specialized OPDs.
“Seeing the increase in the number of patients who are registering online, we will try to expand the services” added Dr.Rai.