Lok Sabha Question No. 111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Shortage of Doctors and Staff in ESI Hospital, Panipat
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 111 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS AND STAFF IN ESI HOSPITAL, PANIPAT

†111. SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

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

- (a)whether the condition of Employees State Insurance ESI Hospital, Panipat is worse and there has been a slight increase in the posts sanctioned  50  years  ago  whereas  the  number  of  insured  persons has  increased  five  times  and  whether  there  is  a  shortage  of specialist doctors and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the saddest aspect is that the hospital does not even have a paediatrician, gynecologist and obstetrician, physician and cardiologist;
- (c)whether  the  posts  of  Medical  Officer,  Junior  Specialist,  Ayurvedic Doctor, Assistant Matron, Nursing Sister, Staff Nurse and Pharmacist are also lying vacant; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): During  the  financial  year  2021-22,  the  Employees'  State Insurance (ESI) Hospital, Panipat, run by State Government of Haryana,  has  functioned  with  an  average  monthly  Outdoor  Patient Department  (OPD)  attendance  of  4183  and  bed  occupancy  rate  of 35.78%.

The  number  of  sanctioned  posts  of  Medical  Officers  and Junior Specialists in the hospital was increased from 6 to 26 and 4 to 12 respectively in the year 2021.  The status of the vacancy position of the Specialist doctors at the hospital is as under:

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| Name of category   |   Sanctioned |   Filled |   Vacant |
|--------------------|--------------|----------|----------|
| Sr. Specialist     |            1 |        1 |        0 |
| Jr. Specialist     |           12 |        9 |        3 |

- (b): At  present,  ESI  Hospital,  Panipat  is  having  Pathologist, Forensic Medicine, Eye surgeon, Dental surgeon, Anaesthetist, Orthopaedic, Paediatrics, ENT and Psychiatrist.

(c) & (d): The details of vacant posts in these cadres are placed at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 111 FOR ANSWER ON 18.07.2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI SANJAY  BHATIA  REGARDING  SHORTAGE  OF  DOCTORS  AND  STAFF  IN  ESI HOSPITAL, PANIPAT

## Details of vacant posts at Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Hospital, Panipat (Haryana) run by the State Government

|   Sl. No. | Name of post/cadre        |   Sanctioned |   Posts Filled posts |   Vacant posts |
|-----------|---------------------------|--------------|----------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Medical Officer           |           26 |                   04 |             22 |
|         2 | Jr. Specialist            |           12 |                   09 |             03 |
|         3 | Ayurvedic Medical Officer |            1 |                   01 |             00 |
|         4 | Assistant Matron          |            1 |                   00 |             01 |
|         5 | Staff Nurse               |           24 |                   07 |             17 |
|         6 | Pharmacist                |           04 |                   02 |             02 |

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