The total number of out patients in this year was 7858 of which 3872 were new cases, 3986 were re-attendance and 1856 were tallies i.e. patients returning for treatment.

Together with other medical services offered in this department are dental services. Even with the present poor and inadequate dental facilities there are still some patients attending this unit. A total of 80 patients with variety of dental problems attended the clinic in the year 2002.

This is one of the very important departments in any hospital since it attends more patients than any other department and that almost all patients coming to the hospital pass through here.

Up to the present patients coming at this department are only attended by Clinical Officers and not Doctors. There is not any single Nurse Officer attending patients in this department. Like other parts of the hospital the buildings are old and require renovation.

For years now this department is not working during weekends - a situation, which causes a lot of inconveniences in the wards during these days.