Plan your AIIMS Delhi OPD visit

Planning an AIIMS New Delhi OPD visit involves more than finding a booking link. A patient must identify the correct hospital and department, choose the new-patient or existing-patient route, understand the difference between appointment and registration, save the confirmation and reach the correct block with the right records.

This independent guide explains that complete journey. It does not book appointments, display live slots, collect patient identifiers or represent AIIMS, ORS or the Government of India.

Start with the patient's situation

First-time patient

Begin with the AIIMS Delhi online appointment guide. It explains what ORS is, how the new-patient route works, what details to prepare, how to choose the hospital and department, how OTP verification fits in and what to do after receiving the appointment slip.

Previously visited AIIMS New Delhi

Find the earlier UHID, OPD card, prescription, receipt or discharge record before starting another registration. The AIIMS UHID guide explains why preserving the existing hospital identity matters for appointments, reports and continuity of care.

Returning for follow-up

Start with the doctor's return instruction, the existing UHID and the department or clinic named after the earlier consultation. A follow-up patient should not automatically begin as an unrelated new case. Keep new investigation reports with the prescription that ordered them.

Quick answers before you begin

How the AIIMS OPD journey fits together

1. Identify the institution and department

AIIMS New Delhi is separate from AIIMS Patna, Bhopal, Rishikesh and other AIIMS hospitals. Confirm the institution before using a portal or patient record.

Use the department named in a referral, earlier prescription or professional instruction. Do not select an unrelated department only because it displays an appointment date. This site can help match an existing service name with its location, but it does not diagnose symptoms or choose a medical specialty.

2. Decide whether the patient is new, existing or follow-up

A new patient starts the new-appointment route. A patient who already has an AIIMS New Delhi UHID should preserve that record. A follow-up patient should begin with the return instruction and existing-patient pathway.

This decision should be made before entering patient details because duplicate registration can separate the new visit from earlier consultations and investigations.

3. Understand ORS before opening it

ORS is the Government of India Online Registration System used by participating hospitals. The current service can offer login using a mobile number or ABHA and then guide the patient through hospital, department, date or slot, patient details, OTP verification and confirmation.

The live interface controls availability. This guide explains each choice but does not reproduce dates or claim a hidden release time.

4. Save and read the appointment confirmation

Keep the appointment slip, screenshot and confirmation message. Check the patient name, AIIMS New Delhi, department, date, appointment number and any reporting or registration instruction.

The time on a slip may describe reporting, registration or a booking slot. It should not automatically be interpreted as the exact moment a doctor will begin consultation.

5. Prepare for hospital-side registration and consultation

An online appointment may reduce uncertainty, but it does not replace every hospital-side step. Follow the slip and the named department. Keep the patient's UHID where applicable, earlier prescriptions, relevant reports, discharge papers and current medicine list together.

The OPD registration guide explains what booking completes and what may still happen at the hospital.

AIIMS Delhi OPD timings explained

AIIMS publishes general OPD registration and consultation windows, but individual departments can publish different schedules. Surgery, for example, lists a morning registration window that differs from the hospital-level general window. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation also publishes its own weekday and Saturday registration times.

Use the AIIMS Delhi OPD timings guide to distinguish appointment-booking hours, OPD registration time, consultation time, morning general OPD, afternoon specialty clinics, department days and investigation collection times.

Find the department or centre named on your document

AIIMS New Delhi services are distributed across the RAK OPD Block, Extended OPD Building, Surgery Block, specialist centres and other campuses. The building must be matched with the named service instead of assuming that every appointment uses the same entrance or floor.

Appointment problems patients commonly face

No date or slot appears

Confirm the institution, department and patient route. The department may have exhausted its current quota, may not have released another date or may use a referral/follow-up process. Telephone booking does not create a separate pool where AIIMS states that phone and ORS use the same availability.

The department is missing

Do not choose another department merely to obtain a date. Check whether the service uses a centre name, specialty clinic, referral pathway or department-specific booking route.

OTP is not received

Check the mobile number and network. For an existing patient, the hospital record may contain an older number. Never share an OTP with an unofficial helper or anyone promising priority booking.

Appointment confirmed but slip will not download

Check whether the PDF opened in another browser tab, review the Downloads folder and retain the confirmation message and appointment number. A file-saving problem does not automatically mean the booking failed.

Old patient record is not found

Recheck the UHID exactly as printed and confirm it belongs to AIIMS New Delhi and the same patient. Do not repeatedly create new records to bypass a mismatch.

What to carry for an AIIMS OPD visit

The exact requirements on the appointment or department instruction take priority. A practical patient file usually includes:

• official appointment confirmation or slip;
• existing AIIMS New Delhi UHID or OPD card;
• referral or follow-up instruction where applicable;
• previous prescriptions and relevant discharge records;
• investigation reports and any imaging records needed for review;
• a list of current medicines; and
• an identity document requested by the official service.

Do not send these records to this website. They contain private patient information.

Lab reports and the next consultation

Before searching for a report, identify the test, date, performing department and collection instruction. Some investigations may be digitally available; others may use a department-specific collection or review route.

A missing online report does not automatically mean the investigation was lost. It may still be processing, awaiting verification, unavailable through that digital route or intended for collection through the department. The AIIMS Delhi lab-report guide explains the complete route without asking for a UHID, OTP or report upload.

For follow-up, keep the report with the prescription that ordered it so the treating team can understand why the investigation was performed.

First visit and returning visit are different

First visit preparation

Confirm the institution, department, date, reporting instruction and building. Save the appointment in more than one form and allow enough time to locate the correct service and complete applicable registration.

Returning patient preparation

Preserve the same UHID and carry the earlier prescription. Organize new reports and current medicines. Check whether the patient is returning to general OPD, a named unit or an afternoon specialty clinic.

Follow-up after investigations

Read the return instruction given by the doctor. Report access and follow-up appointment booking are separate tasks; downloading a report does not automatically schedule its medical review.

Use the first-visit preparation guide for a printable private checklist.

Before continuing to an official service

Confirm all five points:

1. The institution is AIIMS New Delhi.
2. The department or centre matches the patient's referral or instruction.
3. The patient is correctly treated as new, existing or follow-up.
4. A working verification method and any existing UHID are available.
5. The appointment slip and later hospital records will be stored securely.

Once prepared, use the official ORS patient service linked from the complete appointment guide. Enter identity details, UHID and OTP only on a verified official domain.

Sources and review

Homepage guidance reviewed 24 September 2026 using the official ORS FAQ and patient portal, AIIMS New Delhi online appointment and call-centre pages, the AIIMS citizen charter, and scoped department workflow pages. Schedules, contacts, fees and service rules remain change-sensitive and are stored with verification dates.