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Fix: Repeat medicine patients incorrectly routed to consultation instead of prescription after vitals

Bug Summary

Repeat medicine patients are incorrectly routed to consultation queue instead of directly moving to prescription queue after vitals

Current Behavior

  • Patients who select "Repeat Medicine" during registration are still following the normal flow

  • After completing Vitals, they are moved to:

    • Consultation Queue
    • In Consultation

  • Instead of directly going to Prescription Queue

  • UI does not update immediately; correct status is only visible after manual refresh

Expected Behavior

  • If patient selects Repeat Medicine during registration, flow should be:

Registration → Specialization → Vitals Waiting → Vitals → Prescription Queue

  • System should:

    • Skip Consultation Queue
    • Skip In Consultation
    • Directly move patient to Prescription Queue after vitals

  • UI should update instantly without requiring refresh

Impact

  • 🚨 Critical
  • ⚠️ High
  • 📌 Medium
  • ℹ️ Low

Affected Users: volunteer, doctor Affected Modules: Patient Registration, Queues, Patient Status

Reproduction Steps

  1. Login as Volunteer
  2. Register a patient with Repeat Medicine selected
  3. Select specialization
  4. Move patient through Vitals Waiting → Vitals
  5. Observe next queue

Reproduction Rate: [x] Always

Environment

  • Local development
  • Staging
  • Production

Test Cases

Test ID Description Expected Actual Status
TC-BUG-001 Repeat medicine routing Moves to Prescription Moves to Consultation ❌
TC-BUG-002 UI update Updates instantly Updates after refresh ❌

Root Cause

  • Missing condition for is_repeat_medicine after vitals
  • Frontend/state not updating queue immediately

Fix Needed

  • Add condition to skip consultation when is_repeat_medicine = true
  • Ensure UI updates immediately after queue change

Additional Notes

  • No console errors observed
  • Likely backend + frontend sync issue
  • Manual refresh temporarily fixes UI