Updated September 2026

Editorial Policy

The KGMU OPD Guide editorial policy is designed around patient usefulness, source quality and restraint. The goal is not to publish the largest possible number of pages; it is to provide reliable navigation for real patient tasks.

1. Patient task first

Each indexable page should solve a distinct task such as appointment booking, registration, schedule lookup, department navigation, campus location, lab reports or a facility-specific journey. Keyword variants are consolidated when they describe the same underlying intent.

2. Official sources first

Time-sensitive hospital facts—doctors, schedules, clinic days, rooms, contacts and patient workflows—should be supported by KGMU or another relevant official government source where available. A third-party hospital blog is not enough to establish a current room number or timetable.

3. No fabricated hospital facts

If KGMU does not publish a precise room, timing, doctor assignment or fee, the site should say that the detail is not currently verified rather than filling the gap from guesswork.

4. Freshness is part of accuracy

Operational pages carry review dates. High-change facts are expected to be rechecked more frequently than stable background information. A “checked” date means the site reviewed the source at that time; it does not imply KGMU endorsed the page.

5. One authoritative page per intent

The site avoids separate thin pages for “KGMU Urology timing,” “KGMU Urology doctor list” and “KGMU Urology room” when one comprehensive Urology guide can answer all three. Dynamic finder combinations are not turned into indexable landing pages.

6. Department guides must earn their URL

An official department directory entry does not automatically justify a standalone article. A department guide should contain enough unique patient information—schedule, units/clinics, location, appointment/follow-up context or specialty services—to be genuinely useful.

7. Medical boundaries

The site can explain what a hospital department or clinic generally does, but it should not diagnose an individual, prescribe treatment, interpret personal test results or use symptoms to decide a specialty. Emergency content provides hospital navigation, not an online triage score.

8. Doctor information is neutral

Published faculty or OPD assignments can be organized for navigation. The site does not label one KGMU doctor “best,” claim superiority or publish unsupported success rates.

9. Official actions stay official

Appointment, registration, payments and patient-record actions remain on KGMU or government systems. Calls-to-action must visually distinguish an official external service from an independent guide page.

10. AI-assisted tools

AI and software tools may help organize research, compare sources, structure content or improve readability. They are not treated as the authority for KGMU operational facts. Current claims should still be tied to appropriate official evidence.

11. Advertising independence

Advertising must not determine which department or doctor is displayed and must not interrupt critical emergency, appointment or navigation actions. Sensitive health information should not be intentionally used to build advertising profiles.

12. Corrections and conflicts

When reliable official sources conflict, the site can prefer a newer dated source, identify the uncertainty or mark the record for recheck. Material corrections should be made visibly in the underlying data/content rather than hidden.

Last updated: September 2026.

8. Doctor information is neutral

Where KGMU publishes faculty or OPD assignments, the guide may organize those facts for navigation. It does not rank doctors, publish unsupported success rates or claim that one clinician is “best.” A faculty profile is not treated as proof of daily OPD attendance.

9. Location precision must be earned

Building, floor and room claims are published only to the level supported by current KGMU material. If a current department page gives the building but not the OPD room, the guide should not borrow an old room from a third-party site just to look complete.

10. Official actions remain official

Appointment, registration, payment and medical-record actions belong on KGMU or government-controlled systems. The guide can explain and link to the process but should not create a parallel pseudo-official form that collects patient credentials.

11. AI-assisted editorial work

AI and software tools may assist with structuring research, comparing current source pages, formatting tables and improving readability. They are not treated as authoritative sources. Time-sensitive operational claims are checked against appropriate official material before being seeded into the site.

12. Advertising separation

Editorial choices and navigation results are not sold to advertisers. Ads, if enabled, must not be placed in a way that can be mistaken for a hospital booking, emergency or report button.

13. Review and launch checks

The WordPress build includes a launch-readiness check for theme activation, content depth, key pages, data counts, source freshness, HTTPS and indexability basics. Passing that check does not guarantee rankings or AdSense approval; it is a quality-control layer.