Lok Sabha Question No. 904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-07
Subject: Posts of Doctors
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.904 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2018

## POSTS OF DOCTORS

## 904. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of hospitals under the Zonal Railway, Zone-wise;
- (b) whether  doctors  are  available  in  all  the  departments  in  these hospitals and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of sanctioned posts of doctors, the number of doctors working,  the  number  of  posts  vacant  and  the  period  since  these posts are vacant in divisional hospitals of Western Railway; and
- (d) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Railways  for  filling  up  the  vacant posts?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 904 BY SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.02.2018 REGARDING POSTS OF DOCTORS

## (a) The number of hospitals under the Zonal Railways, Zone-wise is given below:

|   S. No. | Name of the Zone           |   No. of Hospitals |
|----------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|        1 | Central Railway            |                 11 |
|        2 | Eastern Railway            |                 10 |
|        3 | East Central Railway       |                 09 |
|        4 | East Coast Railway         |                 04 |
|        5 | Northern Railway           |                 12 |
|        6 | North Central Railway      |                 05 |
|        7 | North Eastern Railway      |                 07 |
|        8 | Northeast Frontier Railway |                 10 |
|        9 | North Western Railway      |                 08 |
|       10 | Southern Railway           |                 11 |
|       11 | South Central Railway      |                 06 |
|       12 | South Eastern Railway      |                 06 |
|       13 | South East Central Railway |                 05 |
|       14 | South Western Railway      |                 04 |
|       15 | Western Railway            |                 09 |
|       16 | West Central Railway       |                 07 |
|       17 | Metro Railway              |                 01 |

- (b) Yes, Madam.
- (c) &(d) Doctors in Railway are appointed through Combined Medical Service Examination (CMSE)  on  the basis of recommendations  made  by  the  Union  Public  Service Commission (UPSC).  However, rate of joining of these doctors is not upto the number of vacancies.  To overcome the shortage, as a gap arrangement, doctors both General Duty and Specialists are appointed on contract basis as Contract Medical Practioners (CMPs).  Further, retired railway doctors are also being appointed on contractual basis.

As regards availability of doctors over Western Railways, there are 124 sanctioned posts  of  doctors  in  the  Divisional  Hospitals  out  of  which  54  doctors  recruited  through UPSC  are  posted.    The  vacant  posts  of  doctors  are  manned  by  engaging  doctors  as Contract Medical Practioners (CMPs).

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