Lok Sabha Question No. 6554 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-06
Subject: Cadre Review of Medical Laboratory Staf
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ANWHAR RAAJHAA, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA, SUDHEER GUPTA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6554 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH APRIL, 2018

## CADRE REVIEW OF MEDI CAL LABORATORY STAFF

## 6554. SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

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

- (a) whether his Ministry has finalised draft rules regarding minimum standards for clinical laboratories, framed under Clinical Establishments Act, 2010, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether his Ministry is aware that presently most of the work of clinical and research laborat ories of even prestigious department i.e. ICMR and Central Government Hospitals is performed and supervised by professionally qualified and technically competent BSc, MSc, PhD medical laboratory professional in lab sciences who are not MBBS/MD, if so, thedetails thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  cadre  review  of medical  laboratory  staff  approved  earlier has  not  been implemented in complete manner so far and most of issues like pay fixation, DPC, MACP, revision of recruitment rules, filling of vacant promotional posts are still pending, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether his Ministry has not issued any order till date regarding grant of Patient Care Allowance/Hospital  Patient Care  Allowance  (PCA/HPCA)  to  health employees  as  per  the accepted recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether his Ministry has also approved the short term certificate courses/ programmes which are neither formal degree nor diploma i n allied health sciences a d run under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and are very contrary to the c re curricula designed by his Ministry in terms of course content and duration of courses etc., if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): Yes. The draft notification to amend the Clinical Establishments (Centr Government) Rules, 2012 regarding minimum standards of medical diagnostic labora tories is available on the website of Clinical Establishment Act <clinicalestablishments.gov.i
- (b): As per the information received from ICMR most of the work of clinical and resear laboratoriesis  performed  and  supervised  by  professionally  qualified  and  technical competent  technical  staff  and  Scientists  having  B.Sc,  M.Sc,    Ph.D  and  MBBS,  MD qualification.

As far as Central Government hospitals in Delhi viz. Safdarjung Hospital and La Hardi nge Medical College & Associated Hospitals are concerned, all the diagnostic work performed and supervised by professionally qualified and technically competent MBBD/MD professionals.

- (c) : The cadre of the Medical Laboratory Staff of Central Governmen t Hospitals in Delhi namely Safdarjung, Dr. RML and Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals has  already  been  restructured  and  implemented  by  giving  benefits  of  7 th Central  Pay Commission.
- (d) : The order containing condition for payment of HPC A/PCA after implementation of Seventh  Central  Pay  Commission  has  not  been  issued  so  far.  The  matter  is  unde consideration in this Ministry in consultation with Ministry of Finance.
- (e) : This  Ministry  has  developed  a  course  curricula  for  short  term  skill training.  The National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) level of the skill development curricu kept lower than the level of Diploma and Degree in core allied health courses develop this  Ministry.  A  skilled  worker  will  only  reach  the  higher  le vels  after  acquiring  adequate qualification (either Diploma or Degree) through an accredited institute/university. T no contradictions in the short term courses as compared to the core curricula develo the Ministry.