Last month, more than 16,000 patients were admitted. The new referral policy has also not reduced the crowd in PMCH; the number of patients has increased by 34 percent.

Here is the translation of the given Hindi text into English: Last month, more than 16,000 patients were admitted: The new referral policy has not reduced the crowd in PMCH, and the number of patients has increased by 34 percent - Patna News. To reduce patient pressure in major hospitals across the state and make smaller hospitals responsible, the new referral policy implemented from August 15th failed within its first fortnight. Instead of decreasing, the number of patients in PMCH increased from OPD to emergency departments. Between January and July, 273,000 patients came here. On average, every month there are 39