EWS PROTOCOL FOR TRANSFERRING IPD PATIENTS:
- Treating doctor/nodal officer of the Government hospital will identify the eligible EWS patient requiring transfer to identified private hospital.
- The availability of requisite free bed/specialty to be checked from the Delhi Government webpage by the Nodal Officer/ PWO
- Nodal Officer/ PWO of the concerned Government hospital will contact the nodal officer of the concerned private hospital where such requisite free bed is displayed vacant/available
(as per Delhi Govt. Webpage) to re-confirm the availability of requisite speciality of free bed.
- The treating doctor of the Government hospital will discuss the case history, treatment provided and further treatment required by the patient with the treating doctor/nodal officer of the private hospital where the patient is being planned for transfer.
- Thereafter, the Nodal Officer shall block the requisite free bed by entering his login ID ( employee ID) & password on the home page of MIS of Delhi Government Current Charge NO (Online booking for free bed)
- After ensuring availability of requisite specialty(ies), the patient shall be transferred in an ambulance ( hospital/ CATS ambulance) accompanied by a doctor along with the documents, namely, Transfer summary ( to be prepared by the Resident doctor of the concerned Department ) Referral proforma & Undertaking regarding eligibility ( to be prepared by PWO) and duly forwarded by the nodal officer.
- An email has to be sent to the identified private hospital where the concerned patient is being referred to mentioning therein the following details:
- Name of the patient
- Age
- Sex
- CR No., if any
- Department/diagnosis
- Hospital referred to
- Critical/ non-critical
The accompanying Resident doctor shall physically hand over the patient to the Emergency Medical Officer of the concerned private hospital and will take an acknowledgement of the same and submit the same to the PWO/Nodal Officer.
- PREFERABLY, IPD PATIENTS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED DURING THE DAY TIME AND BED SHOULD BE BOOKED BY THE NODAL OFFICER ( Login ID = Employee ID ) PRIOR TO TRANSFER.
- THIS PROCEDURE IS MANDATORY PRIOR TO TRANSFERRING A CRITICAL PATIENT.