Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Manipal Hospital Launches Sunday OPDs for Easier Healthcare Access
Manipal Hospital on EM Bypass has started seeing patients on Sundays.
The consultations happen from 10am to 1pm.
Patients can visit doctors in several departments, such as heart care, bone care and children’s medicine.
This helps people who are busy at work during the week.
It also helps older patients who need family members to accompany them.
People who travel from far away may find Sundays more convenient.
Doctors say some patients might otherwise visit emergency departments when regular appointments are unavailable.
Other hospitals in Calcutta are also offering or planning Sunday consultations.
Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, now offers Sunday consultations from 10am to 1pm.
The Sunday OPDs cover nine specialties, including cardiology, orthopaedics, neurology and paediatrics.
Doctors said the service helps working professionals, elderly patients and relatives who cannot attend weekday appointments.
Patients said Sunday consultations reduce the need to take time off work and make travel easier.
Peerless Hospital already runs Sunday OPDs, while Narayana Health plans to introduce them soon.
- Who
- Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass, its doctors and patients; Peerless Hospital and Narayana Health are also mentioned.
- What
- Manipal Hospital has begun Sunday outpatient consultations across nine medical specialties.
- When
- Every Sunday, from 10am to 1pm.
- Where
- Manipal Hospital on EM Bypass in Calcutta; other Sunday OPDs are mentioned at Peerless Hospital and planned by Narayana Health.
- Why
- To make consultations more convenient for working professionals, elderly patients, caregivers and people travelling from outside Calcutta.
- Hospital
- Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass
- Sunday hours
- 10am to 1pm every Sunday
- Specialties
- Cardiology, cardiac surgery, orthopaedics, neurology, pulmonology, internal medicine, nephrology, gastroenterology, paediatrics and ENT
- Peerless Hospital attendance
- About 100 patients at Sunday OPDs, compared with an average of 1,000 on weekdays
- Narayana Health
- Plans to start Sunday OPDs soon
- Main beneficiaries
- Working professionals, elderly patients, family caregivers and patients travelling from outside Calcutta