<ul><li>New Admission:</li><li>To attend any new patient (admission) within prescribed time frame</li><li>To examine &amp; take a proper history of the patient (If he is in a position to give it on his own) or from his relative.</li><li>Check any previous records, if available.</li><li>Charts down all the details in the history sheet.</li><li>Inform the respective consultant about the admission follow his orders.</li><li>Instruct the nursing staff about the necessary orders to be carried out.</li><li>If there’s a transfer in-patient from the ICU. Read the transfer summary/ clinical notes carefully and act accordingly.</li><li>Inform the respective consultants whenever seems significant</li><li>Shift Duty:</li><li>To take rounds and examine individual patients at least once in every shift and as &amp; when needed. Inform the respective consultant/ Registrars if any new findings.</li><li>To put the notes in clinical sheet.</li></ul>

Medical Officer (Wards)