Sample collection timings extended by 3 hours at AIIMS Delhi
New Delhi Mar 24 PTI In a major relief to the patients visiting the AIIMS here the time duration of sample collection for diagnostic tests at the facility has been further extended by three hours officials said on ThursdaySamples will now be collected from 8 am to 630 pm they saidThis will particularly provide relief to the patients who attend the afternoon clinics which often continue till 5 or 6 pm So the samples for the investigations prescribed by the doctors can then be given on the same day saving an extra visit to the hospital said Dr Subrata Sinha the head of the laboratory medicine department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMSWith the new automated systems including the robotic smart lab now being fully operational over 50000 individual tests are being conducted at the premier hospital in a day which in turn eliminates backlog in testingIn September last year the AIIMS had extended the timings for collecting the blood samples till 330 pmThe Department of Laboratory Medicine has increased the timing of blood collection and body fluids at New RAK OPD Basement and old RAK OPD Lab No 27 and 28 up to 630 pmThe reports of routine investigations will be released within three hours of receiving the samples except some special tests depending on the procedure of processing samples a communication sent to medical superintendent Dr D K Sharma by Dr Sinha on March 23 said PTI PLB RC
New Delhi Mar 24 PTI In a major relief to the patients visiting the AIIMS here the time duration of sample collection for diagnostic tests at the facility has been further extended by three hours officials said on ThursdaySamples will now be collected from 8 am to 630 pm they saidThis will particularly provide relief to the patients who attend the afternoon clinics which often continue till 5 or 6 pm So the samples for the investigations prescribed by the doctors can then be given on the same day saving an extra visit to the hospital said Dr Subrata Sinha the head of the laboratory medicine department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMSWith the new automated systems including the robotic smart lab now being fully operational over 50000 individual tests are being conducted at the premier hospital in a day which in turn eliminates backlog in testingIn September last year the AIIMS had extended the timings for collecting the blood samples till 330 pmThe Department of Laboratory Medicine has increased the timing of blood collection and body fluids at New RAK OPD Basement and old RAK OPD Lab No 27 and 28 up to 630 pmThe reports of routine investigations will be released within three hours of receiving the samples except some special tests depending on the procedure of processing samples a communication sent to medical superintendent Dr D K Sharma by Dr Sinha on March 23 said PTI PLB RC
