AIIMS Delhi server down, government fears ransomware attack

MBBS in Delhi AIIMS is being imparted in manual mode.

New Delhi:

The e-hospital server of the National Informatics Center used at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi has been down since morning, affecting the Out Patient Department (OPD) and sample collection services. AIIMS officials said that all these jobbers are working on ‘manual mode’.

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AIIMS said in a statement that a team from the National Informatics Center (NIC) working at AIIMS has informed that it could be a ransomware attack. Appropriate enforcement officers will investigate this.

An AIIMS official said, “The OPD and IPD digital hospital services including smart lab, billing, report generation and appointment system have been affected by the server outage.” Another official said the OPD and sample collection services were provided in ‘manual mode’.

AIIMS has said in statements that steps are being taken to restore digital services and the help of Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and NIC is being taken.

“AIIMS and NIC take due precautions to prevent such offers in future. Hospital administration manual mode is being offered till 7.30 pm,” the statements read.