Patient Appointment - department - reqd = 0
diff --git a/erpnext/healthcare/doctype/patient_appointment/patient_appointment.json b/erpnext/healthcare/doctype/patient_appointment/patient_appointment.json
index 4ce4573..5215c28 100644
--- a/erpnext/healthcare/doctype/patient_appointment/patient_appointment.json
+++ b/erpnext/healthcare/doctype/patient_appointment/patient_appointment.json
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
    "read_only": 0, 
    "remember_last_selected_value": 0, 
    "report_hide": 0, 
-   "reqd": 1, 
+   "reqd": 0, 
    "search_index": 1, 
    "set_only_once": 1, 
    "translatable": 0,