Lok Sabha Question No. 3497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-15
Subject: Shortage of Staff in ESI Hospitals
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3497

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.07.2019

## SHORTAGE OF STAFF IN ESI HOSPITALS

†3497. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether there is shortage of staff in the hospitals of Employee State Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC)  of  Maharashtra  due  to  which  the employees are facing serious problems in the hospital services of ESIC;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether  any  study  has  been  conducted  by  the  Government  to
- assess the current situation;
- (d)if so, the details thereof;
- (e)the steps taken by the Government to fill up the posts lying vacant in the ESIC hospitals, keeping in view the health related issues of its employees; and
- (f)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) & (b): There  is  shortage  of  staff  in  the  hospitals  of  Employees' State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC)  of  Maharashtra  Region.    The details of vacancy position at ESIC Hospitals in Maharashtra Region is as under: -

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| Cadre       | Sanctioned Strength   | In- Position   |   Vacant | As on      |
|-------------|-----------------------|----------------|----------|------------|
| Specialists | 36**                  | 11***          |       36 | 30.06.2019 |
| GDMO*       | 163                   | 83             |       80 | 10.07.2019 |
| Nursing     | 409                   | 156            |      253 | 31.03.2019 |
| Paramedical | 639                   | 238            |      401 | 31.03.2019 |

- *GDMO: General Duty Medical Officer
- **Newly added hospitals sanctioned strength

*** Part-time specialists in newly added hospitals

(c) & (d): ESI  Corporation,  from  time  to  time,  conducts  inspection visit  to evaluate state of affairs of various medical services provided by ESI Hospitals.  Details regarding various ways through which such evaluation is carried out, are as under:

- (i) Field  visit  by  ESI  Corporation  Members  to  ESI  health Institutions  to  review/recommend  on  the  status  of  health services.
- (ii) Submission of ESI Hospital inspection report to ESIC Head Quarters  Office  by  Regional  Director/State  Medical  Officer of the respective visiting states.
- (iii) Regular submission of D.O. letter by Medical Superintendents  to  ESIC  Head  Quarters  Office,  on  the status of services provided by respective hospitals.
- (e) & (f): Steps taken by the ESI Corporation to meet the shortage:
- (i) ESIC  has  released  advertisement  in  December,  2018  for filling up 159 vacancies of Paramedical & Nursing cadre of Maharashtra Region.
- (ii) Advertisement  has  been  released  in  November,  2018  for filling up about 80 posts of Insurance Medical Officer GradeII of Maharashtra Region.

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- (iii) Advertisement  has  been  released  in  December,  2018  for filling  up  7  posts  of  Specialist  Gr.  II  (Senior  Scale)  (Super Specialty) in Maharashtra Region.
- (iv) To tide over the crisis caused due to shortage, field units have been delegated the authority to engage Senior Residents  against  the  vacancy  of  GDMOs  on  contractual basis.
- (v) Field Units have been authorized to engage Part time / Full time Specialists on contractual basis to tide over the crisis of deficit in Specialist's cadre on case to case basis.
- (vi) Field  Units  have  been  authorized  to  engage  Nursing  and paramedical  staff  through  outsourcing  as  per  instructions issued from time to time as per actual requirement.

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