Purnia: After the Vijayadashami holidays, the Outpatient Department (OPD) services at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H), Purnia, have fully resumed operations starting Wednesday. The hospital management has deployed specialist doctors on a roster basis across all departments to facilitate patients seeking treatment.

Considering the seasonal change-related illnesses in children, the Pediatric department and the ENT department for ear, nose, and throat patients have each been assigned three specialist doctors. Additionally, the Gynaecology and Obstetrics department has two female doctors, while the Medicine, Surgery, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Dental, Dermatology, and Mental Health departments will also have doctors available for patient counseling, examination, and treatment.

On Wednesday, the GMC&H Purnia OPD saw the deployment of Dr. Animesh Kumar, Dr. Saqib Ahmed, and Dr. Saurabh Kumar in Pediatrics; Dr. Sanjeev, Dr. Gopal Jha, and Dr. Himanshu in ENT; Dr. Shivpriya and Dr. Poonam Prabha in Gynaecology; Dr. Mujtaba Ashraf in Medicine; Dr. Meera Kumari in Surgery; Dr. C.K. Das in Orthopedics; Dr. Bhavesh Rajak in Skin; Dr. Saba Parveen in Ophthalmology; Dr. Ranjana Gupta in Dental; and Dr. Nayab Anjum in Mental Health.

The hospital's OPD timings are from 09:00 AM to 02:00 PM and 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM. Registration is open from 08:30 AM to 01:30 PM and 03:30 PM to 05:30 PM.