COVID-19: AIIMS to start teleconsultation facility for chronic patients

New Delhi [India], Mar 25 : The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here will start a teleconsultation facility for chronic patients in order to reduce the crowds in the hospital. It is necessitated in the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak.

"AIIMS is going to start a teleconsultation facility. Our follow-up patients can consult doctors through telephone. Several patients had appointments that are now cancelled. Chronic patients can consult doctors through this facility," Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS Delhi told .

"This will be rolled out in a day or two. Every department will have some doctors who will resolve the health-related issues of the follow-up patients," he added.

( With inputs from ANI )