Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector -32, Chandigarh attends approximately 70,000 patients per month and out of them approximately 60% patients come from the neighboring State.
Since large number of these patients are free after 11:00 A.M. as they have to wait for their respective doctors to examine and advise investigations, by the time they reach the sample Collection Centre, the Collection Centre is already closed as the present timings are from 08:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Thus these patients either go to the private laboratories or they have been asked to come on the next day putting extra financial burden on the patients and their relatives. Thus, in order to reduce the cost of treatments and give relief to patients coming from the distance places, it has been decided to extend the timings of Sample Collection Centre from 08:00 A.M. to 03:00 P.M.
Since large number of these patients are free after 11:00 A.M. as they have to wait for their respective doctors to examine and advise investigations, by the time they reach the sample Collection Centre, the Collection Centre is already closed as the present timings are from 08:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Thus these patients either go to the private laboratories or they have been asked to come on the next day putting extra financial burden on the patients and their relatives. Thus, in order to reduce the cost of treatments and give relief to patients coming from the distance places, it has been decided to extend the timings of Sample Collection Centre from 08:00 A.M. to 03:00 P.M.
Further in order to reduce the long queue in front of Sample Collection Centre, the number of Technicians have been increased from 05 to 10 along with additional on-side Supervisor. The technician will be working full time in the Sample Collection Centre, The new Collection Centre timing will be effective from 19.03.2018.