Lok Sabha Question No. 407 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Functioning of Government Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 407 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD MARCH, 2018 FUNCTIONING OF GOVER NMENT HOSPITALS

## †*407. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to assess the functionin the Government hospitals in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the patients hav e to face trouble in treatment due to shortage of doct in the Government hospitals of the country
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the corrective action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)to ( e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 407* FOR 23 RD MARCH, 2018

(a) & (b) Government of India has not conducted any specific survey to assess functioning of Government hospitals in the country. However, hospit functioning  assessment  is  a  regular  ongoing  process  and  supervising  off regularly monitor the functioning.

(c) Various  types  of  Grievances  regarding  waiting  list  of  patient  in  va departments of the Hospitals due to shortage of doctors are received in the M from patients. Such grievances are referred to concerned authorities for redr the gri evances/complaints both at Central and at State Government levels.

(d) The number of patients visiting Central Government Hospitals and Institut for treatment is much larger as compared to their handling capacity in te number  of  beds,  numbers  of  manpower  including  doctors  and  other  resource Despite availability of huge infrastructure and other services in these Hospitals Institutions, there is a waiting period for certain procedures due to ever pressure on infrastructure and available manpower including doctors, which v from department to departme nt in these Hospitals. As such, various departments make  their  own  waiting  lists  of  patients  in  need  of  admission  taking consideration  the  condition  of  patients,  urgency  of  treatment  required  an availability on a particular day. However, all the patients registered in Out Patient Department (OPD) are attended to by the doctors on that particular day.

(e) A Grievances Rederessal Officer is designated in every hospital for eff grievance  redressal  of  the  patients.  Further,  a  number  of  comp laint  boxes  are placed  at  strategic  locations  of  hospitals  for  collection  of  complaints patients and their relatives.

In case of doctors, every year, on the basis of vacancies projected Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Union Public Se rvice Commission (UPSC) conducts  Combined  Medical  Services  Examination  for  recruitment  of  Medical Officers of GDMO sub - cadre of Central Health Services. For filling up of vac posts belonging to specialists sub - cadres of Central Health Service, requisiti on are also sent to UPSC. Based on the recommendation received from UPSC, candidate are given offer of appointment. Pending recommendations from UPSC, concerned units are permitted to make contractual appointments against the vacant post stop - gap a rrangement, in public interest, till the time regular incumbent jo post.

Since 'Health' is a State subject, it is responsibility of State Government to make  efforts  to  provide  adequate  health  care  facilities  to  the  people. Government supplem ents their efforts by way of providing assistance to the S Government  through  schemes/programmes  such  as  National  Health  Mission (NHM) and Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) etc.

States  devise  their  own  measures  and  implement  methodology  to  employ medical officers and specialists needed in public heathcare facilities.

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