LUCKNOW, March 12 -- Over the two days of Holi, March 13 and 14, outpatient departments at government hospitals and medical institutes will not run as usual. Emergency departments, however, will be operational 24x7.

At Balrampur Hospital, the OPD shut at noon on Thursday, and will remain shut on Friday, said Dr Sanjay Teotia, director of the hospital. At the King George's Medical University, the OPDs of all departments will be fully operational on Thursday, but will observe a holiday on Friday, said Dr Sudhir Singh, spokesperson, KGMU. The same is the case with the Syama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital, said Dr Rajesh Srivastava, CMS.

Similarly, at Lok Bandhu Raj Narayan Hospital too, the chief medical superintendent, Dr Rajeev Dixit,...