Lok Sabha Question No. 3366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Functioning of AIIMS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO, SUSHMITA DEV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH AUGUST, 2017

## FUNCTIONING OF AIIMS

## 3366. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL: SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO: KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

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

- (a) the present functional status of AIIMS in various States across the country;
- (b) whether the Union Government has received complaints/ representations about inadequate number  of  doctors  and para - medical  staff  at  various AIIMS  in  States  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Union  Government has  any  monitoring  agency  to  oversee  the functioning  of AIIMS in various States, except in Delhi and if so, the details thereof and further concrete steps Union Government proposes to take to ensure smooth functioning of AIIMS in various States; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  asked AIIMS  to  periodically  hold  meetings with heads  of departments, MSs and other key officials to work on the short comings identified by it through feedbackfrom patients and if so, the details thereof and steps being taken in this regard?

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

- (a): At present, six AIIMS at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Bhubaneswar in Odisha, Jodhpur i Rajasthan, Patna in Bihar, Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Rishikesh in Uttrakhand have been operational under phase -I of PMSSY. Status of these AIIMS is enclosed in Annexure - I.
- (b): Several complaints have been received on various aspects of AIIMS. These complain are  given  proper  scrutiny  and  are  addressed  at  appropriate  level  in  adherence  with  al guidelines and p rocedures. Recruitment to various positions is done on need basis keeping view the additional services and facilities planned to be added in the hospitals. Vacan posts are being advertised regularly by the Institutes depending on their requirem ent. However, as  high  standards  have  to  be  maintained  in  selection,  keeping  in  view  the  stature  o Institutes of National Importance, all the advertised positions could not be filled up. Faculty strength at six new AIIMS is adequate for teac hing MBBS students.

Institute wise details of vacant and filled up Faculty positions, Senior Resident and Junior Resident positions against the sanctioned posts are given in Annexure - II.

(c): AIIMS are Autonomous Bodies governed by AIIMS Act, 1956 and AIIMS Amendment Act, 2012. Each AIIMS have Institute Body/Governing Body to monitor the functioning aspe of these AIIMS. The meeting of Standing Finance Committee/Governing Body/Institute Body are being regularly held for monitoring the smooth functioning of AIIMS.

(d): No, All the six new AIIMS are governed by AIIMS Act, 1956 and AIIMS Amendment Act, 2012. According to Section 11 of AIIMS Regulations, 1999, Directors of six new AII are the H eads of the Department and are responsible for smooth functioning of the Hospita well as teaching Institution to provide for affordable/reliable tertiary care services to A complaint/ grievance/ Patient feedback register is kept in the Hosp itals and the complaints are scrutinized by the Hospital Administration from time to time and are addressed after h meetings with the concerned Departments.

## STATUS OF SIX AIIMS (PHASE - I) OF PMSSY

## Facilities in each new AIIMS

-  Intake  of 100  Under- graduate students  at  each  of  the  Medical  College,  besides  the facilities for imparting PG/doctoral courses in various disciplines.
-  There  is  also  a  provision  of  Nursing  College  as  a  Centre  of  Excellence  for  purs programme in B.Sc (Nursing) with an intake of 60 students and 25 M.Sc (Nursing) students .
-  Totalexisting bed strength comes to 2219 beds, with following speciality/super - speciality departments are functional.

## STATUS OF SPECIALITY/SUPER SPECIALITY IN VARIOUS AIIMS

| INSTITUTE        |   No. OF SPLTY/ SUPER SPLTY. | DETAILS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| AIIMS, Jodhpur   |                           14 | Neonatology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Paediatric Urology, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Pulmonary Medicine, Radio - Therapy, Surgical Oncology, Genetics in Paediatrics, ICU, PICU, NICU                                                                                                                                                          |
| AIIMS, Rishikesh |                           12 | Cardiology, Cardio - Vascular Thoracic Surgery, Oncology/Haematology, Neurosurgery, Pulmonary Medicine, & Plastic Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Neonatology, Oncology, Radio - Therapy, Day Care, ICU                                                                                                                                                       |
| AIIMS, Bhopal    |                           14 | General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery (including Skull base surgery and Cochlear Implant Surgery), General Medicine, Paediatrics, Physical Medi cine and Centre, Community and Family Medicine, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Burns & Plastic Surgery, Medicine and TB, Dentistry                                 |
| AIIMS, Raipur    |                           21 | General Medicine, General Surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, Neck Surgery , Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Pulmonary Medicine & Dentistry, Community and Family Medicine, Vascular Surgery, Radiodiagnosis, Radiotherapy, Paediatric Surgery, Car diology, Pathology and Lab Transfusion Medicine & Blood Bank, Psychiatry. |

## Annexure - I

Surgery,

Nephrology,

Medical

Surgical

Orthopaedics,

Dermatology,

TB,

Medicine,

| AIIMS, Bhubaneswar   |   31 | Radiodiagnosis, Radiotherapy, ENT, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, General Surgery, General Pulmonary Medicine, Paed iatrics, Dermatology & STD, & Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Anaesthesiology & Trauma & Emergency Medicine, Transfusion Medicine, Medicine & Rehabilitation, Hospital Administration, Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Neuro logy, Plastic Surgery & Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Medical Neonatology, Paediatric Surgery, Nuclear Medicine, Endocrinology.   |
|----------------------|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| AIIMS, Patna         |   18 | General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology, Dentistry, Pain Clinic, Pre - Anesthesia Check up Clinic, Medicine & Rehabilitation, Pulmonary Medicine, Paediatric Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Neurology                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

Urology,

Psychiatry,

## Statistics on OPD, IPD & Surgeries performed in six new AIIMS.

| Statistics of June, 2017   | Statistics of June, 2017                             | Statistics of June, 2017       | Statistics of June, 2017                 | Statistics of June, 2017                |                |
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------|
| Name of Institute          | Total number of surgeries performed during the month | Average OPD attendance per day | Major surgery performed during the month | Number of IPD Patients during the month | Number of Beds |
| AIIMS RAIPUR               | 303                                                  | 815                            | 179                                      | 528                                     | 400            |
| AIIMS PATNA                | 266                                                  | 1129                           | 182                                      | 338                                     | 150            |
| AIIMS JODHPUR              | 587                                                  | 1884                           | 466                                      | 1076                                    | 400            |
| AIIMS RISHIKESH            | 310                                                  | 1262                           | 232                                      | 798                                     | 416            |
| AIIMS BHUBANESWAR          | 1546                                                 | 1691                           | 598                                      | 1440                                    | 546            |
| AIIMS BHOPAL               | 156                                                  | 1223                           | 115                                      | 431                                     | 307            |

## POSITION OF FACULTY POSTS IN SIX NEW AIIMS

| AIIMS       |   Sanctioned |   Posts filled present |   at Posts vacant at present | Status of recruitment                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|-------------|--------------|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bhopal      |          305 |                     60 |                          245 | 245 posts advertised. Selection 75% posts completed in empanelment of 116 in 41 departments .                                                                                                                                               |
| Bhubaneswar |          305 |                    137 |                          178 | 179 vacant posts including Faculty advertised. First i nterviews scheduled to be from 28.07.2017 to 30.07.2017.                                                                                                                             |
| Jodhpur     |          305 |                    140 |                          165 | A recruitment exercise completed recently in which posts were advertised and in candidates were empanelled. empanelled candidates candidates have already Remaining 24 candidates areyet j oin.                                             |
| Patna       |          305 |                     52 |                          253 | Vacant posts have been - advertised.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Raipur      |          305 |                     74 |                          231 | A recruitment exerciseunderway in which 231 posts have advertised. Out of these, process has been completed 207 posts and 48 candidates have been empanelled . Recruitment against remaining vacancies are under progress.                  |
| Rishikesh   |          305 |                    121 |                          184 | AIIMS Rishikesh has completed recruitment exercise in which 205 posts were and in all 74 candidates empanelled. Out of empanelled candidates candidates have joined. 25 candidates are yet to join. 163 posts of Faculty have - advertised. |
| Total       |         1830 |                    584 |                         1246 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

## Annexure - II

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VACANCY POSITION OF SENIOR RESIDENT POSTS AT SIX NEW AIIMS

| AIIMS       | Senior Residents   | Senior Residents   | PostsVacant   |
|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
|             | Sanctioned         | Posts Filled       |               |
| Bhopal      | 327                | 70                 | 257           |
| Bhubaneswar | 327                | 104                | 223           |
| Jodhpur     | 327                | 94                 | 233           |
| Patna       | 327                | 111                | 216           |
| Raipur      | 327                | 69                 | 258           |
| Rishikesh   | 327                | 81                 | 246           |
| Total       | 1962               | 529                | 1433          |

VACAN CY POS IT ION OF JUNIOR RESIDENT POSTS AT SIX NEW AIIMS

| AIIMS       | JuniorResidents   | JuniorResidents   | Posts Vacant   |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------|----------------|
|             | Sanctioned        | Posts Filled      |                |
| Bhopal      | 301               | 13                | 288            |
| Bhubaneswar | 301               | 35                | 266            |
| Jodhpur     | 301               | 85                | 216            |
| Patna       | 301               | 95                | 206            |
| Raipur      | 301               | 26                | 275            |
| Rishikesh   | 301               | 152               | 149            |
| Total       | 1806              | 406               | 1400           |

## VACANCY POSITIONS OF NON -FACULTY POSTS AT SIX NEW AIIMS

| AIIMS       | Sanctioned   |   Posts Filled |   Posts vacant |
|-------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
| Bhopal      | 3776         |            684 |           3092 |
| Bhubaneswar | 3776         |            806 |           2970 |
| Jodhpur     | 3776         |             44 |           3732 |
| Patna       | 3776         |            607 |           3169 |
| Raipur      | 3776         |            739 |           3037 |
| Rishikesh   | 3776         |            937 |           2839 |
| Total       | 22,656       |           3817 |          18839 |