Lok Sabha Question No. 3187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Patient load at AIIMS, Delhi
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## PATIENT LOAD AT AIIMS, DELHI

## 3187. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a) whether the number of patients is continuously increasing in AIIMS Delhi;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the number of patients visiting AIIMS, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the necessary steps taken by the Government for the efficient and timely treatment of the patients visiting the said institute?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) & (b): Yes. The number of patients coming to AIIMS, New Delhi for treatment in OPD, emergency services as well as hospitalised in patient has seen an increasing trend except for the year 2020-21, which is due to operationalisation of exclusive COVID-19 related services in the Institute.  Excellence in patient care services and patients' satisfaction are important reasons for it.
- (c):  The number of OPD registrations of patients who visited AIIMS, New Delhi in the last two years State/UT-wise is enclosed at Annexure-I.
- (d):  In order to ensure efficient and timely treatment of the patients visiting AIIMS, New Delhi, new facilities/blocks such as Surgical Block, Mother and Child Block, New Private Ward, Burns and Plastic Surgery, Geriatric Block and New OPD Block have been added.  Further, in order to reduce  the  load  of  patients  on  AIIMS,  New  Delhi  and  to  correct  regional  imbalances  in availability of tertiary healthcare services, setting up of 22 new AIIMS in different parts of the country has been approved under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). Six of these  AIIMS  at  Bhopal,  Bhubaneswar,  Jodhpur,  Patna,  Raipur  and  Rishikesh  are  already functional.

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## Number of OPD Registrations of Patients visiting AIIMS, New Delhi, State/UT-wise

| State Name                            |   2019-2020 |   2020-21 |
|---------------------------------------|-------------|-----------|
| Adaman and Nicobar Island             |        1340 |       159 |
| Andhra Pradesh                        |         729 |       284 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                     |         395 |       104 |
| Assam                                 |        4736 |       785 |
| Bihar                                 |      368459 |     63133 |
| Chandigarh                            |         536 |       184 |
| Chhattisgarh                          |        2233 |       448 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |         207 |        52 |
| Delhi                                 |     1357685 |    451393 |
| Goa                                   |          96 |        42 |
| Gujarat                               |        1120 |       301 |
| Haryana                               |      267480 |     76207 |
| Himachal Pradesh                      |       19430 |      4614 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                     |       15868 |      3205 |
| Jharkhand                             |       28526 |      4634 |
| Karnataka                             |         693 |       304 |
| Kerala                                |         906 |       579 |
| Ladakh                                |         383 |       370 |
| Lakshadweep                           |         173 |        33 |
| Madhya Pradesh                        |       54728 |     10102 |
| Maharashtra                           |        2640 |       831 |
| Manipur                               |        3019 |       463 |
| Meghalaya                             |         224 |        60 |
| Mizoram                               |         349 |        77 |
| Nagaland                              |         547 |        91 |
| Orissa                                |        5413 |      1138 |
| Pondicherry                           |         166 |        62 |
| Punjab                                |        8229 |      1916 |
| Rajasthan                             |       52147 |     13241 |
| Sikkim                                |        1444 |       318 |
| Tamil Nadu                            |         688 |       362 |
| Telangana                             |         437 |       145 |
| Tripura                               |        1210 |       202 |
| Uttar Pradesh                         |      669140 |    162119 |
| Uttarakhand                           |       96048 |     22082 |
| West Bengal                           |       18373 |      3251 |
| Others                                |       10980 |      8585 |