Citizens can book specialist appointments one day in advance from Indhira Gandhi Memorial hospital. The following describes the procedure.

• Vacant appointments must be available from the desired doctor.
• The desired doctor must be on duty on the required day.

1. Call and state the doctor and the department to which you want to book an appointment.
2. Depending on the information you provided you will either receive a list of doctors or available timings for the doctor.
   From the timings available, choose the timing on which you want to consult the doctor.
3. If you are unsure of the doctor’s name or specialist to which you want to make an appointment, tell the receptionist your medical condition and they will guide you to the right doctor department.
4. You will be required to state the following information:
   Name of the patient for whom the appointment is being booked.
    Permanent address of the patient
    Date of Birth of the patient (if known)
    Age of the patient (if DOB is unknown)
    Contact number(s) of the patient

• Not Applicable.

• This service is for free.

• As per the new rules, appointment from IGMH must be made today and 1 (one) day in advance.
• An LCD screen would display the appointments remaining with the doctors on the duty at that day which is placed in the OPD and IDP lobby. The information displayed would be varied according to the appointments being done.
• During public holidays, OPD counters will be opened 1 (one) day from every 3 (three) days.
• On Fridays the OPD counter will be closed. For an instance, if January 2008’s 9, 10, 11 are holidays, the OPD counter will be opened on 9th Wednesday or 10th Thursday.
•  A public announcement would be done when opening the OPD counter on the holidays.

• Not Applicable.