Night Duty(Emergency duty) Policy

• One 2^nd/3^rd year resident doctor and two technicians are posted for emergency duty daily.

Emergency hours are as following:

Monday to Friday: 4pm to 8am.

Saturday 1pm to Monday 8am.

Sunday: 24 hours

• 1^St year residents are given 1 month observation posting and for 3 month regular posting in Hematology section, during which, training for all Hematology investigations are taken by post M.D. person.
• After 1^st year, examination is taken for evaluation of competence.
• If they are found competent, they are allotted night duty on rotation basis, in which they can sign and dispatch emergency investigation reports independently on interim basis.
• For technicians: The night duties are allotted to the technicians having minimum 1 year experience in hematology section. They are given training for all hematological tests during the routine posting and thereafter evaluation of their competence done by examination.