Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Sandeep Chaudhary said that five counters are being operated from 8 am to 1.30 pm for making OPD slips in the Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta (SSPG) Divisional Hospital in view of the crowd. Besides, two additional personnel have been appointed to make online slips through Abha App and they have also provided mobile phones for this purpose. He said the patients do not have to stand in long queues for slips and they are being provided better facilities in all the government hospitals in the district. He said in addition to this, slips are prepared 24 hours a day in the emergency. He further made it clear that the children who come for treatment in the OPD are looked after by Dr Mridula Mallick and Dr CP Gupta and apart from them, the Additional Chief Superintendent (ACS) along with conducting his administrative work, also look after the patients who require admission and treatment. Apart from the medical officers, the patients are also treated by eight doctors being pursuing their postgraduate (PG) courses. He said that he himself takes special care that no patient should face any kind of inconvenience. Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay (DDU) Government Hospital said that due to the rainy season, the number of patients related to diarrhoea and stomach related diseases has increased, but sufficient beds are available for the patients in the hospital and no patient are turned back without treatment. He also claimed that there is no shortage of essential medicines in the hospital. The patients coming to the OPD are being seen by the medical officers and the required tests are being done in the hospital. Besides, he said that the patients admitted in the OPD are seen by doctors visiting both the time (morning and night). Due to having seven OPD counters in the hospital, the patients do not have to stand in long queues for the slip and the patients receive the slip within two minutes through Abha. Proper arrangements have also been made for cleanliness in the hospital, he claimed.