GMSH OPD registration at nine more sampark centres from October 18

The Chandigarh administration will soon extend the facility of OPD registration for GMSH, GMCH and PGIMER to all sampark centres

In an effort to streamline and make easy the process of making outpatient (OPD) cards for Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, the UT administration on Thursday decided to open OPD registrations at nine more sampark centres from October 18 (Monday).

FOr GMSH OPD registration, Chandigarh residents can walk in to the sampark centres at Sectors 10, 15, 40, 43, Industrial Area in Phase 1, Dhanas, Mauli Jagran, Bapu Dham, Mani Majra and Maloya, from 8am to 11am (HT FILE PHOTO)

Initially, the facility was started at the sampark centre in Sector 15 as a pilot project. From Monday onwards, people can walk-in to the sampark centres at Sectors 10, 15, 40, 43, Industrial Area in Phase 1, Dhanas, Mauli Jagran, Bapu Dham, Mani Majra and Maloya, from 8am to 11am.

Residents can pay ₹10 to get their OPD registration card from these sampark centres, without any delay.

The UT administration will soon extend the facility to all sampark centres of Chandigarh. The walk-in registration will continue to remain available at the GMSH-16, without any change.

On Thursday, UT health secretary Yashpal Garg said, “The UT administration and the health department are making efforts to extend the OPD registration facility for Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, and the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), so that people need not wait in long queues at the hospitals. We are working on it and will start the facility in the coming time.”