diff --git a/app/api/patient/appointment/pending/route.ts b/app/api/patient/appointment/pending/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e15207d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/api/patient/appointment/pending/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import dbConfig from "@lib/db";
+import { ObjectId } from "mongodb";
+import { decrypt } from "@sessions/sessionUtils";
+
+export async function POST(req: Request) {
+  const session = req.headers.get("Authorization");
+  if (!session) {
+    return Response.json({ error: "Unauthorized" }, { status: 401 });
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const hospital_id: string = await req.json();
+
+    const token = session.split("Bearer ")[1];
+    const decryptedUser = await decrypt(token);
+    const email = decryptedUser.user.email;
+
+    const db = await dbConfig();
+    const patient_collection = db.collection("patient");
+    const appointment_collection = db.collection("bookedAppointments");
+
+    const patient = await patient_collection.findOne({ email });
+
+    if (!patient) {
+      return Response.json({ error: "Patient not found" }, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    // Checking if a pending appointment request exists with the hospital
+    const alreadyBookedAppointment = await appointment_collection.findOne({
+      patient_id: patient._id,
+      "hospital.id": new ObjectId(hospital_id),
+      approved: "pending",
+    });
+
+    if (alreadyBookedAppointment) {
+      return Response.json({ hasPendingAppointment: true }, { status: 200 });
+    }
+
+    return Response.json({ hasPendingAppointment: false }, { status: 200 });
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("Error checking pending appointments:", error);
+    return Response.json({ error: "Internal Server Error" }, { status: 500 });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/api/patient/appointment/route.ts b/app/api/patient/appointment/route.ts
index 74efb56b..44d4ffc4 100644
--- a/app/api/patient/appointment/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/patient/appointment/route.ts
@@ -102,41 +102,28 @@ export async function POST(req: Request) {
       return Response.json({ error: "Patient not found" }, { status: 404 });
     }
 
-    // Checking if the patient already has a pending appointment
-    const alreadyBookedAppointment = await appointment_collection.findOne({
-      patient_id: patient._id,
-      approved: "pending",
-    });
-
-    if (alreadyBookedAppointment) {
-      return Response.json(
-        { error: "You already have a pending appointment request" },
-        { status: 400 }
-      );
-    }
-
-    const appointmentData = {
-      date,
-      state,
-      city,
-      hospital: {
-        id: new ObjectId(hospital.hospital_id),
-        name: hospital.hospital_name,
-      },
-      disease,
-      note,
-      approved: "pending",
-      patient_id: patient._id,
-      doctor_id: null,
-      receptionist_id: null,
-    };
-
-    const res = await appointment_collection.insertOne(appointmentData);
-
-    if (!res)
-      return Response.json({
-        error: "Error saving appointment info",
-      });
+    // const appointmentData = {
+    //   date,
+    //   state,
+    //   city,
+    //   hospital: {
+    //     id: new ObjectId(hospital.hospital_id),
+    //     name: hospital.hospital_name,
+    //   },
+    //   disease,
+    //   note,
+    //   approved: "pending",
+    //   patient_id: patient._id,
+    //   doctor_id: null,
+    //   receptionist_id: null,
+    // };
+
+    // const res = await appointment_collection.insertOne(appointmentData);
+
+    // if (!res)
+    //   return Response.json({
+    //     error: "Error saving appointment info",
+    //   });
 
     return Response.json(
       {