Procedure is to be done by Staff Nurse if a patient is not found in or around the respective ward or in the hospital premises for a minimum time period of 3 hours.
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Written call is sent to the respective unit
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Written call to AMO before 3 PM in routine hours or
Casualty Officer after 3 PM in emergency
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Written call is sent to the security
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Entry made by staff in the ward register– as patient
absconded on date, about time, with or without hospital clothes and with or
without indoor papers
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Procedure of re-admission if the patient comes back after
the procedure is complete but the indoor paper is not dispatched: The OPD paper
is handed over to the patient. The patient is directed to the receiving room
for examination and admission in the original unit.
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