Lok Sabha Question No. 2816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: Quality of medical/diagnostic Equipments in Government Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ganesan Selvam, Vijay Kumar Dubey, Anurag Sharma, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, C.N. Annadurai, Gautham Sigamani Pon, Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Dhanush M Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2816 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH MARCH, 2021

## QUALITY OF MEDICAL/D IAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENTS INGOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

2816. SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUB EY:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKA R:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMAN I PON:

SHRI ARVIND GANPAT S AWANT:

SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMA R:

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

(a) whether the Government has assessed the quality of medical/diagnostic equipment used in Government hospitals and if so, the details and outcome of the assessment;

(b)  whether  most  of  the  medical/diagnostic equipment  used  in  All  India  Institute  of  Medical Sciences (AII MS) and other leading Government hospitals are not of i ternational standards, if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) the details of amount spent on the purchase of new medical/diagnostic equipment during the last three years by AIIMS, institution - wise;

(d) whether there is a shortage of such equipment in the Government hospitals, medical colleges, affiliated hospitals including AIIMS; and

(e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT - wise  and  the remedial  steps  taken/b eing  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  &  ( b): The  medical/diagnostic  equipment  procured  for  All  India  Institute  of  Medic Sciences (AIIMS) as well as other leading Central Government Hospitals are as per requireme of  different  disciplines  and  Departments.  Further,  specification  for  the  medical/di equipment  procured  are  recommended  by  Technical  Specification  Committee  consisting  of t echnical experts  of the field, drawn from Institutes of National Importance (INIs) /AII other renowned hospitals, keeping in view the relevant international quality standards.

(c): Details  of  medical/diagnostic  equipment  procured  from  2017 - 18  to  2 019- 20  for/by  all AIIMS, as per information received from the Institute/Agency, are given at Annexure.

(d) & (e) : Procurement of medical equipment is a continuous process and the same is procur as per requirement of the Institutes as per the extant rul es/guidelines.

|   Sr. No. | Institute          | Total Cost of Procurement from FY 2017- 18 to 2019-20 (in Rs.   |
|-----------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | AIIMS, Delhi       | Rs. 642.14 crore                                                |
|         2 | AIIMS, Bhopal      | Rs. 70.34 crore                                                 |
|         3 | AIIMS, Bhubaneswar | Rs. 68.88 crore                                                 |
|         4 | AIIMS, Jodhpur     | Rs. 160.24 crore                                                |
|         5 | AIIMS, Raipur      | Rs. 43.75 crore USD 834107                                      |
|         6 | AIIMS, Patna       | Rs. 209.05 crore Euro 11,09,573.74 USD 12,06,010                |
|         7 | AIIMS, Bathinda    | Rs. 64.63 crore                                                 |
|         8 | AIIMS, Gorakhpur   | Rs. 91.14 crore                                                 |
|         9 | AIIMS, Kalyani     | Rs. 36.19 crore                                                 |
|        10 | AIIMS, Mangalagiri | Rs. 48.99 crore                                                 |
|        11 | AIIMS, Nagpur      | Rs. 100.67 crore                                                |
|        12 | AIIMS, Raebareli   | Rs. 30.77 crore                                                 |