delhiUpdated: Apr 19, 2020 03:05 ISTAll Delhi government hospitals will start their routine services — outpatient clinics and non-emergency surgeries — from Monday onwards, officials of the state health department said. These hospitals have stopped all other facilities — including emergency services — other than the treatment of Covid-19 patients. All Delhi government hospitals had curtailed their out-patient clinics to ensure social distancing and postponed routine surgeries to ensure the availability of beds and manpower to treat Covid-19 patients in March end. Together the 37 Delhi government hospitals, including AYUSH hospitals, treat over 60,000 patients daily at its clinics. We have advised all our hospitals to ensure social distancing in the clinics and conduct only 2-3 surgeries a day,” said Dr PK Bhardwaj, secretary, Delhi Voluntary Hospitals’ Forum.

Source: Hindustan Times April 18, 2020 18:22 UTC