J&K: 7 Lakh Patients Visit Opd Hospitals In August Month medicaldialogues.in

Nearly 7 lakh patients have visited the Out Patient Department (OPDs) in Kashmir hospitals in August this year with the healthcare institutions successfully performing nearly 49,000 major and minor surgeries, an official release said on Tuesday. “The data compiled by Health and Medical Education Department, for the month of August 2019 reveals that 46,449 patients have visited indoor patient departments (IPDs) in various government-run healthcare institutions–while as doctors successfully performed 4,334 major and 44,236 minor surgeries respectively in peripheral and tertiary care hospitals,” read the release of Jammu and Kashmir government.