INDOOR SERVICES

• Patients admitted in General Ward of AIIMS have to deposit bed charges in advance of 10 days at the rates approved by Government time to time (currently Rs. 375). This entitles them for doctor consultations, certain basic investigations, life saving medicines and surgical items, diet, linen, I.V. fluids etc.
• For allotment in Private Wards, after recommendation by the treating doctor, patient should contact the Medical Superintendent Office. A waiting list is maintained and the private room is allotted as per the witting list. The hospitalization charges of private room are as under:-

  Deluxe (A Class) - Room rent Rs. 6300/- per day( + Diet Charges Rs.300/- per in addition)

  Semi Deluxe(B Class) - Rs. 3000 per day ( + Diet Charges Rs.300/- per in addition)

  Private ward patients are charged additionally for specific investigations, procedures, operations etc.

• All in-patients receive treatment by team of Resident Doctors and Nurses, available round the clock, under the supervision and guidance of Faculty Members of AIIMS.
• Hospital Attendants are available in different wards to help in patient care and related activities.
• All the wards are fully equipped with modern gadgets & equipments e.g. ventilators, monitors, defibrillators, nebulisers; central O2 & suction supply etc. to provide top quality medical care.
• Indoor services have central air conditioning, hot and cold water, toilets, portable X-ray machines, ECG services - (2^nd floor, C2 ward), Generator back up, emergency lights, internal telephone, chairs for attendants etc.
• Waste disposal is done as per the established rules (Biomedical waste management and handling rules, 1998) and utmost care is taken to keep the premises neat and clean.
• Every inpatient is provided with two attendant passes.
• Visitors are allowed only during notified visiting hours i.e. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Special Investigations like USG, CT, MRI etc. are changed as per the rates approved by Government and revised from time to time.
• For very poor patients, on recommendation of treating Doctor, the hospital charges may be waived off by Med. Supdt./ his nominee and costly drugs/surgical items may be provided by the hospital.
• Financial assistance is also available through Prime Minister's Relief Fund, NIAF and other such funds. You may contact Medical Social Service Dept. & Welfare Officer in this regard.
• Bed linen is changed at the time of admission, thereafter on every alternate day and also whenever required.
• Food is served three times a day. Also, Tea is provided in the morning.
• Facilities provided in private ward - Each room has - attached toilets & bath room, T.V. with cable connection, Refrigerator, A.C., sofas, bed for attendant, chairs and table, geyser, emergency light, phone with incoming facility etc.
• Destitute unattended patients are provided with attendants from hospital, drugs & surgical items are provided from hospital and all hospital charges are waived. Medical Social Service Officers help in location and calling the relatives/family members of unattended/unknown patients Destitute patients are relocated to some destitute home after discharge from hospital.
• Short Admissions requiring stay for less than 24 hours are done for minor illness/some investigations/Interventions. At present the admission charges for this are Rs. 60/-
• Day care facility is available for certain types of operations. e.g. laproscopic surgery; day care chemotherapy; blood transfusion, dialysis, endoscopies and similar interventions.
• Operation Theratres
• The institute has fully equipped modern Operation Theatres, where all kinds of major and minor surgeries are performed using the latest techniques and technology.
• For routine surgeries, the respective departments maintain waiting list. Patients are called and operated upon as per the waiting list. But, in case of emergencies/urgencies, the out of turn surgeries are also performed, at the discretion at the treating doctors.
• The patient should get his Pre-Anaesthetic check up done in PAC Room on 5^th floor OPD Block during afternoon before getting admitted for operation and follow the instructions given by the treating Doctors.
• ICUs The hospital has fully equipped Main ICU at 8^th Floor, AB wing to provide expert ICU care. There are ICUs/HDUs in few wards of main hospital and CTVS ICU & NS ICU in CN Centre. Patients requiring urgent ICU care are admitted to ICUs at the discretion of treating Doctors.
• Laboratory Services
• Emergency Lab - 24 hours, throughout the year, for all emergency investigations.
• Routine Lab - Sample Collection Timings:- Weeks Days - 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Saturday - 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

• All type of routine and special investigations incl. Biochemical, microbiological, pathology, immunology and genetic studies are done at AIIMS.
• Blood Bank:- AIIMS has a licensed modern, state of the art Blood Bank that functions 24 hours a day and provides facilities for blood donation, storage, issue of blood and its components. Strict precautions are taken and testing is done to prevent any borne infection. If your patient requires blood transfusions, then you are requested to arrange healthy blood donors for donating blood in order to reduce shortage of blood.
• Miscellaneous Facilities

• Ambulance facility is available to transfer patients to other hospitals or meet any exigency/disaster situation.
• If required, patients' attendants may stay in Raj Gharia Dharamshala / Sureka Vishram Sadan after paying the prevailing charges situated near the East Campus of AIIMS.
• Free battery operated vans (Parikrama Sewa) are available for transporting patients and attendants with in the campus.

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Dear citizen,

You are welcome to AIIMS, the premier Medical Institute of India. AIIMS is committed to provide quality services and medical care to each and every citizen coming to AIIMS. In line with our mandate. We, at AIIMS, strive hard to provide comprehensive, high quality tertiary care services (specialty and super-specialty services) to our users. However, there may be some deficiencies due to extreme patient load and limited resources.

This charter seeks to provide a frame work, which enables our users to know:

• The services available in this hospital.
• The quality of services they are entitled to and the means through which complaints regarding denial or poor quality of services will be redressed.

SALIENT FEATURES of AIIMS

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• Phone Number of Emergency  :- 26594405, 26594706 ( round the clock)
• Phone Number of Neurosurgery Resident on Call for all emergencies/Casualty : 8929936770
• Location :- Ground floor, AB wing, easily accessible from AIIMS entrance on Aurobindo Marg.
• These services are available 24 hour a day, throughout the year.
• Anyone with urgent medical problem can seek consultation/treatment in the Emergency.
• If Doctors decide that you need urgent medical intervention, you will be registered at the Emergency registration counter, free of charge and proper medical care will be provided promptly.
• Emergency has dedicated team of Senior Residents from major specialties (i.e.Emergency Medicine, Surgery & Pediatrics) and Junior Residents, Nurses, Paramedics and Hospital Attendants etc. to provide urgent medical services.
• We endeavor to provide medical care (incl. Investigation & treatment) at the earliest possible time.
• However, in view of extreme workload in Emergency (more than 450 patients seek consultation per day) those cases that are not so urgent may have to wait for some time.
• The treating doctors will call any specialist/super-specialist, who is available on call for urgent consultation as and when required.
• In serious cases treatment/management gets priority over paper work like Registration/Medico- Legal requirements.
• Emergency has fully equipped Operation Theatre for any urgent surgery etc.
• The Emergency is fully equipped with all modern gadgets like monitors, ventilators, nebulisers, defibrillators, central O2 and suction supply etc.
• All urgent investigations like Hemogram, Blood Biochemistry, Urine toxicology, Cardiac Biomarker, Blood Gas Analysis, ECG, USG, X-ray, C.T. Scan, etc. are available for casualty patients round the clock.
• All medicines and surgical items available in Emergency are provided free of cost.
• For any guidance/ assistance including financial help for poor and indigent patients, Social Guides and M.S.S.O are available at the entrance of Emergency should be approached.
• Facilities like patient trolleys are available ate the entrance of Emergency.
• Public utilities like toilets, waiting area with Tea/Coffee/Snacks, fans, chairs etc. are available.

OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT (OPD) SERVICES

OPD Schedule

• Location:-

  OPD services are situated in Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur (RAK) OPD Block and adjoining extended OPD building for Medicine and Pediatrics OPD.

  Registration Time	Consultation Time
  General OPD	8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	8.30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
  Speciality Clinics	1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.	1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

• OPD Card costing Rs. 10/- can be purchased from main counter, OPD ground floor. After this, you should get yourself registered at the counter of respective OPDs.
• You have right to consult any doctor/ consultant. For seeking appointment with any consultant on his OPD days, you may contact his/her office.
• Patients are seen on first come first serve basis. However, out of turn consultation may be provided in case of emergency or to senior citizens.
• For consultation in Speciality and Super-speciality clinics, you need to have referred from general OPD of AIIMS or any Government Institution.
• Speciality Clinics - (for details see OPD brochure available at enquiry counter in OPD)
• Super Speciality Services:- following Centres provide these services-
  • Cardio Thoracic and Neuro Sciences Centre.
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences.
  • Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital.
  • National Drugs Dependency Treatment Centre, Ghaziabad.
• Investigations: After OPD consultation, the treating doctor will fill up the requisition forms for various investigations & direct/guide you to the concerned lab /dept.
  • Sample collection centre for Blood, Urine, Stool etc. - Room No. 27, RAK OPD Ground Floor and Room No. 14A in Extended OPD Block.
  • Sample Collection Timings are:- 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
  • Certain specialized investigations are done on particular days only.
  • The report normally reaches the concerned OPD on the next OPD day.
  • Certain investigations are done free of charge while others are charged as per the prevailing norms fixed by Government. Patients should Deposit the money only at the designated hospital Cash Counters and obtain the proper receipt.
  • Due to excess work load, waiting period exists for certain investigations like MRI, CT, USG etc. Patients are given future dates by the concerned departments. However, these may be done out of turn in urgent situations, on recommendation of the treating doctor.
• Many facilities are provided at OPD level e.g. ECG, Plaster, Injection and Immunization Room, Contraception and MTP Services, Minor Surgical Intervention, Physiotherapy, Bronchoscopy, Endoscopy etc.
• Medical fitness / Medical examination and other such certificates are issued after paying the requisite fees. For this purpose contact the central registration office, ground floor OPD.
• The decision to admit a patient rests with the treating doctor. The patient will be admitted only if a vacant bed is available. But, in case of emergency, out of turn admission may be done.
• Wheel chairs, patient trolleys etc. are available free of charge at the entrance of OPD.
• OPDs have waiting hall with chairs, STD booth, TVs, lifts, ramp for Ortho OPD, public utilities like drinking water & toilets etc. at each floor.
• You should park your vehicle in the paid parking only otherwise it is likely to be towed away.
• To meet day-to-day needs of patients, there is canteen and grocery shop in front of the private ward block; medical stores, book shops, general store and STD booths in the subway nearby.