OPD and sample collection services at AIIMS, Delhi were severely affected after the hospital reported a server failure at 7 AM on Wednesday morning
In a statement issued in the evening, the hospital said that the National Informatics Centre which is working to restore the system has informed that this may be a ransomware attack
AIIMS which caters to 1.5 million outpatients and 80,000 inpatients every year has been operating manually since morning leaving long queues at every department
The server going down has led to collection of very few samples as officials have been manually managing the OPD and sample collection services
The smart lab, report generation, billing and appointment systems were also affected
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