Mysore/Mysuru: The services of the Out Patient Department (OPD) at the K.R. Hospital are likely to be suspended in afternoons as a precautionary measure following increase in number of COVID-19 positive cases in Mysuru and the fear of the deadly virus spreading fast.
The OPD functions from 9 am to 1 pm and again from 2 pm to 4 pm where about 100 to 1,500 patients from various places come for their health check-ups daily and only those who require emergency medical attention and surgeries are admitted as in-patients at the hospital.
