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GMC&H administration reduces OPD timings to appease influential docs 9/6/2016 11:38:51 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report jammu, Sept 6: To appease some 'influential' faculty members, the administration of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu has curtailed the timing of Out Patient Department (OPD) putting patient care in jeopardy especially for patients coming from far flung areas. However, officials of the hospital claimed that to review and follow up those patients who are admitted in the emergency wards, the timing has been changed. Sources within GMCH told Early Times that a delegation of faculty members,who had already misguided administration by over ruling Government Order and succeed to fix its own time table have succeed again in their plan to reduce OPD timing of GMCH and associate hospitals. ET had published report of misdeeds of these faculty members following which GMCH had changed the timing. The timing of OPD has now been changed from 8AM to 2 PM to 12 noon. "Due to change of guard in the State Government, the influential group has once again started to interfere and destabilize the administrative functioning, "Source alleged, adding that the delegation of faculty members met with Principal seeking curtailment of OPD timings so that they could maintain their private clinics causing huge inconvenience to poor patients and their attendants, epically those belonging to far flung areas who generally reach GMCH late. "Unaware of new timings, I reached at 12 PM but the counter of GMC&H was closed," said Ram Lal, who had brought his ailing father.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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