Delhi pollution news: RML Hospital to open special pollution OPD; Check timings and other details here
Delhi pollution news: With Delhi's air quality deteriorating, the authorities of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, a government hospital in the city, have decided to establish a special Out-Patient Department (OPD) for pollution-related illnesses. "We have decided that a special OPD will run for pollution-related illnesses where comprehensive care can be given to the patients and will include a multi-departmental clinic because pollution affects multiple organs," Dr Ajay Shukla, Director of RML Hospital said as quoted by news agency ANI. He added that this special OPD has been made in view of the rising number of patients because of deteriorating pollution in the national capital. As per Dr Ajay, five departments including ENT, skin, respiratory tract, eye, and psychiatric departments will be there in the Special OPD.
The OPD will run once a week on Monday from 2 pm to 4 pm. "Five departments, including ENT, skin, respiratory tract, eye, and psychiatric departments, will be there. The OPD will run on Monday afternoons from 2 pm to 4 pm...Special OPD has been made as there is almost a 30% rise in the number of patients because of pollution," he said.
Currenlty, the overall air quality in the national capital stood at 373 which is in 'very poor' category. The air quality plunged into the poor to severe category on Monday and today morning after bursting of crackers during Diwali. According to IQAir, a Swiss company that specialises in air quality monitoring, Delhi was the most polluted city in the world on Monday, followed by Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan.
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