NEW DELHI: AIIMS has decided to restrict elective surgeries from Saturday. Only emergency cases will be taken up, an order issued by the institute said.
“It has been decided that OT (operation theatre) services need to be curtailed due to the heightened need for diversion of infrastructure, manpower and material response for prevention and control of Covid-19 outbreak,” it added. Earlier, on Tuesday, the institute had issued directions to all departments to temporarily halt routine walk-in OPD patient registrations.