Lok Sabha Question No. 5552 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: AIIMS, Bhopal
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5552 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH APRIL, 2017

## AIIMS, BHOPAL

## 5552. DR. BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the plight of the students of MBBS studying in AI Bhopal without practical skills due to absence of operation theatres and if so, the reac Government thereto;
- (b)whether the Government has taken note that even 5 years after the first batch was adm the AIIMS, Bhopal, has not got license to open a blood bank and if so, the details thereof
- (c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  sort  out  the problemsbeing  faced  by students in AIIMS, Bhopal?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) to (c) : The Government is committed towards strengthening of AIIMS at Bhopal.

The Institute is operational with functional Out - patient Department (OPD) and In - patient Department (IPD).  The Hospital Services have also been upgraded to 300 beds recently. A of 25 Departments are functioning in the Institute.

The  Institute  has  three  major  and  four  minor  Operation  Theatres  (OTs)  that operational  since  February,  2015  and  regular  surgeries  are  being  performed  by  all  su specialities.  Till  now,  1609  major  surgeries  and  804  minor  surgeries  have  been  done the Institute.

The medical students are regularly allowed inside Operation Theatres (OTs) to wit major surgeries to give them practical exposure as per MBBS curriculum. MBBS and Nursing students are allowed in Operation Theatres (OTs) in batches to observe the procedures. Students are also posted in the IPD Surgical Wards for Patient Examination, Case Studies, etc. Stud

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are also allowed to perform surgical procedures like dressing and stich removals in the Availability of good imaging system helps them to better understand the surgical anatomy a procedures.  Recorded  videos  of  various  surgical  procedures  performed  by  doctors  are available to students.  The Undergraduate Students are also posted in Intensive Care Un it (ICU) where basic skills such as intravenous line placement are taught. As a teaching innovati Lab for hands - on training of medical students in the subjects of Basic Emergency Care and Ba Trauma Care Courses is provided.

A Lab Internship program by the Department of Microbiology has been initiated with the objective of orienting the students towards the routine working of Diagnostic Labs and them a hands - on exposure to the laboratory work -up of common infectious diseases.

Thus, various practical skills are imparted to the students for their holistic devel the Institute.

The  Blood  Storage  Unit  in  the  Institute  is  functional  since  September,  2016. Hospital  has  been  granted  Blood  Bank  License  in  January,  2017  and  fa cilities  have  been upgraded in the Blood Bank for whole Blood.

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