Lok Sabha Question No. 32 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-21
Subject: Waiting Period in AIIMS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 32 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST JUNE, 2019

## WAITING PERIOD IN AI IMS

## 32. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

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

- (a) the average number of patients visiting Out Patient Department (OPD) in AIIMS, Delhi day;
- (b) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that even the patients in critical are given appoin tment for treatment only on a date after six months to one year of their vis
- (c) if so, the remedial measures taken by the Government to address this problem of pro waiting period; and
- (d) the time by which the AIIMS announced to be set up in the country including Haryana are likely to be functional?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) : The average number of patients visiting Out Patient Department (OPD) in AIIMS, Del per day is 9300 approximately.
- (b) & (c) : Due to increasing patient load and limited number of beds and Operation Theate there  is  a  waiting  period  in  many  cases  e specially  those  which  require  surgery  or  complex investigative modulation. However, the patient in critical condition are given priority cases are not delayed beyond the duration minimally required for surgery, investigation a -anaesthetic ch eckup.To cater to the increasing demand, new facilities/blocks such as Surgi Blocks, National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar, Mother & Child Block, New Private Ward, Bu Plastic Surgery, Geriatrics Block & New OPD Block have been approved at AIIMS, New Delhi .
- (d) : The details of the AIIMS announced to be set up in the country including Haryana given in Annexure.

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## New AIIMS approved/announced- 16

Annexure

| S.No                           | Phase                                               | Location of AIIMS to be set up under PMSSY       | Date of Cabinet approval               | Time frame for completion      |
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| i.                             | Phase II                                            | Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh                        | Revised RCE was approved on 10.07.2017 | 36 months                      |
| ii.                            | Phase-IV (Budget announcement for the year 2014-15) | Mangalagiri near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh        | 07.10.2015                             | 60 months                      |
| iii                            | Phase-IV (Budget announcement for the year 2014-15) | Kalyani in West Bengal                           | 07.10.2015                             | 60 months                      |
| iv                             | Phase-IV (Budget announcement for the year 2014-15) | Nagpur in Maharashtra                            | 07.10.2015                             | 60 months                      |
| v                              | Phase-IV (Budget announcement for the year 2014-15) | Gorakhpur in UP                                  | 20.07.2016                             | 45 months                      |
| vi                             | Phase-V (Budget announcement for the year 2015-16   | Bathinda in Punjab                               | 27.07.2016                             | 48 months                      |
| vii.                           |                                                     | Kamrup District in Guwahati, Assam               | 24.05.2017                             | 48 months                      |
| viii                           |                                                     | Kothipura in Bilaspur District, Himachal Pradesh | 03.01.2018                             | 48 months                      |
| ix.                            |                                                     | Thoppur in Madurai District                      | 17.12.2018                             | 45 months                      |
| x.                             | Phase-VI (Budget announcement for the year 2017-18) | Deoghar in Jharkhand                             | 16.05.2018                             | 45 months                      |
| xi.                            | Phase-VII                                           | Bibinagar, Telangana                             | 17.12.2018                             | 45 months                      |
| xii                            | Phase-V (Budget announce- ment 2015-16)             | Samba District in Jammu                          | 10.01.2019                             | 48 months                      |
| xiii                           | Phase-V (Budget announce- ment 2015-16)             | Awantipora, Pulwama in Kashmir                   | 10.01.2019                             | 72 months                      |
| xiv                            | Phase VI (Budget announcement for 2017-18)          | Khanderi, Rajkot, Gujarat                        | 10.01.2019                             | 45 months                      |
| xv                             | Phase VII (Budget announcement for 2019-20)         | Manethi, Rewari, Haryana                         | 28.02.2019                             | 48 months                      |
| Site Selection in Process-(01) | Site Selection in Process-(01)                      | Site Selection in Process-(01)                   | Site Selection in Process-(01)         | Site Selection in Process-(01) |
| xvi                            | Phase-V (Budget announcement 2015-16)               | Bihar                                            | ---                                    |                                |