Orientation – Free Hospital Out Patient Department

1. Orientation – Free Hospital Out Patient Department Prepared by Sr.Sumathi & Sr.Shantheswari

2. Free Hospital OPD • Started functioning from 1982 • Only for poor patients • No consultation fees • Consulting hours – 7.A.M to 5.30 P.M

3. Free Hospital OPD NEW OP Daily Average OP: 250 to 300 patients Review OP Daily Average OP: 175 to 250 patients

4. OPD New Review Camp Direct Specialty General patients Post op Post op (if required) Specialty

5. New OP Chief medical officer-1 Medical officer – 1 Senior PG – 3 Fellows – 3 First Year PG sister – 3 In charge sister -1 Senior sister – 2 Training sister - 2 Review OP Medical officer – 1 Fellows -2 First year PG sisters – 2 In charge sisters – 1 Training sister - 2 Free Hospital Manpower

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8. Preliminary Examination • Preliminary examination is done by all doctors and senior MLOPs. • In preliminary examination doctors elicit the patients history, ocular findings. • Then send the patients for investigations depending upon the examination. • Finally the patients will be sent for treatment management. E.g: Above 40,tension & duct, BP, US, Refraction Back

9. Final Examination • Final examination is done by the medical officer, senior fellows, senior PGs, who explain the patient about his eye condition and treat him according by his disease. Back

10. Guidelines to Handle the Patients • Be patient • Give clear & detailed instructions • If needed repeat the instructions • Avoid using English words • Use their dialect

11. Counselling • Counselling is done for the patients who are to be admitted for surgery. • Counselling is done for every specialty clinic patients. • Maintaining register for the patients taken from free to paying special clinic emergency patients are taken to the special clinic of the paying hospital immediately back

12. To eliminate needless blindness by providing appropriate, compassionate and high quality eye care for all. Let us work together to achieve our mission

13. Thank You