Lok Sabha Question No. 1821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Chinta Anuradha, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1821

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th  FEBRUARY 2022

## PRADHAN MANTRI SWASTHYA SURAKSHA YOJANA (PMSSY)

## 1821. SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH: SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA: DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

Will the Minister of Health and Family Welfare be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  target  of  adding  four  hundred  specialty  departments  in  Government Medical  Colleges  across  the  country  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Swasthya  Suraksha  Yojana (PMSSY) has been achieved;
- (b) whether the target of adding 7500 beds/ bed capacity across 13 AIIMS, particularly in AIIMS Mangalagiri, has been achieved;
- (c) if so, the details of these achievements/ additions, specialty/super specialty-wise for all AIIMS, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to address shortage of faculty and nonfaculty posts in the six AIIMS constructed under Phase-1 of PMSSY; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (c):As indicated in the Output Outcome Monitoring Framework (OOMF) for PMSSY for the year 2021-22, against the target of 400 super- speciality departments in 70 GMCs, a total of 55 GMCs have been upgraded, with 335 sanctioned super-speciality  departments  as  per  details  in Annexure - I.

Further  against  the  target  of  7500  beds  /  bed  capacity  across  13  AIIMS  i.e  at  Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,  Jodhpur,  Patna,  Raipur,  Rishikesh,  Raebareli,  Mangalagiri,  Nagpur,  Gorakhpur,

Kalyani,  Bathinda  and  Bibinagar,  the  total  bed  capacity  achieved  is  6990  beds  as  on  date  in respect  of  12  AIIMS  including  125  beds  in  AIIMS  Mangalagiri.          All  the  18  specialties envisioned  for  new  AIIMS  are  functional  in  six  functional  AIIMS.  Further,  all  the  17  super specialties are functional at Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur and Rishikesh, whereas the number of super speciality  Departments  functional  in  AIIMS  at  Bhopal,  Patna  and  Raipur  are  14,  14  and  13 respectively.

(d)  &  (e):Recruitment  to  various  positions  is  done  on  need  basis  keeping  in  view  the  range  of additional  services  and  facilities  added  in  the  hospitals.  The  incumbency  position  at  various AIIMS is monitored and vacancies are advertised depending on the requirement. However, as high standards  have  to  be  maintained  in  selection,  keeping  in  view  the  stature  of  these  Institutes  of National Importance, all the advertised positions could not be filled up.

Following steps have been taken to fill up the vacant posts in these AIIMS: -

- i. Constitution  of  Standing  Selection  Committee  (SSC)  in  each  new  AIIMS  to  facilitate expeditious filling up of vacancies.
- ii. The  upper  age  limit  for  direct  recruitment  against  the  posts  of  Professor  and  Additional Professor has been raised from 50 years to 58 years.
- iii. Filling  up  of  vacant  Faculty  posts  in  the  new  AIIMS  by  taking  serving  Faculty  from Government Medical Colleges/Institutes on deputation basis has been allowed.
- iv. Contractual engagement of retired Faculty of Government Medical Colleges/Institutes up to 70 years of age has also been allowed. Walk-in-interview for engagement of Faculty on contract basis has also been allowed as a stop gap arrangement.
- v. Overseas Citizen of  India  (OCI)  card  holders  have  been  allowed  to  be  appointed  on  faculty positions.
- vi. Visiting Faculty scheme in new AIIMS has been formulated to allow national and international faculty to work in new AIIMS for teaching and academic purposes.
- vii. Down-grading of the posts of Additional/Associate Professor to the level of Assistant Professor has been allowed for a fixed period by the AIIMS with the approval of their respective Institute Body.
- viii. Temporary  diversion  has  been  allowed  on  loan  basis  for  faculty  from  one  Department  to another, which may be filled up on contractual appointment.
- ix. Relaxation  of  one  year  for  Scheduled  Castes  and  Scheduled  Tribes  has  been  allowed  as  per Rules/ Guidelines issued by DoP&T.
- x. Running advertisement with one-year validity have been allowed to expedite the recruitment of faculty  after  which  fresh  running  or  normal  advertisement  can  be  issued  again  depending  upon faculty strength.
- xi. Constitution of a sub-committee of the Governing Body of new AIIMS to consider and approve recommendations of the respective Standing Selection Committee.
- xii. Centralized recruitment for Nursing cadres has been introduced.

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## List of 55 completed GMC upgradation projects and no. of super-speciality departments

|   S. No. | GMC                                       |   No. of sanctioned Super Speciality Departments |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | GMCBangalore, Bangalore                   |                                                6 |
|        2 | GMCJammu, Jammu                           |                                                6 |
|        3 | GMCKolkata, Kolkata                       |                                                7 |
|        4 | GMCThiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram |                                                9 |
|        5 | MKMCSalem, Salem                          |                                                6 |
|        6 | NIMS Hyderabad, Hyderabad                 |                                                9 |
|        7 | RIMS Ranchi, Ranchi                       |                                                5 |
|        8 | SGPGIMS Lucknow, Lucknow                  |                                                4 |
|        9 | GMC Amritsar, Amritsar                    |                                                8 |
|       10 | GMCMadurai, Madurai                       |                                                8 |
|       11 | RPGMC Tanda, Tanda                        |                                                7 |
|       12 | B.S. MCBankura, Bankura                   |                                                8 |
|       13 | Gajra MCGwalior, Gwalior                  |                                                6 |
|       14 | GMC Akola, Akola                          |                                                6 |
|       15 | GMC Aurangabad, Aurangabad                |                                                8 |
|       16 | GMCGuwahati, Guwahati                     |                                                6 |
|       17 | GMCJhansi, Jhansi                         |                                                6 |
|       18 | GMCKota, Kota                             |                                                9 |
|       19 | GMCRajkot, Rajkot                         |                                                8 |
|       20 | GMCRewa, Rewa                             |                                                8 |
|       21 | GMCThanjavur, Thanjavur                   |                                               10 |
|       22 | GMCTirunelveli, Tirunelveli               |                                                8 |

| 23.   | KIMS Hubli, Hubli                     |   8 |
|-------|---------------------------------------|-----|
| 24.   | Moti Lal NehruMC Allahabad, Allahabad |   8 |
| 25.   | NSB MCJabalpur, Jabalpur              |   7 |
| 26.   | RNT MCUdaipur, Udaipur                |   9 |
| 27.   | Sardar Patel MCBikaner, Bikaner       |   6 |
| 28.   | VIMS Bellary, Bellary                 |   2 |
| 29.   | IMS BHU Varanasi, Varanasi            |  13 |
| 30.   | B.R.D. MCGorakhpur, Gorakhpur         |   8 |
| 31.   | GMC Latur, Latur                      |   7 |
| 32.   | GMCPatiala, Patiala                   |   8 |
| 33.   | LLRM MCMeerut, Meerut                 |   8 |
| 34.   | MKCG MCBerhampur, Berhampur           |   8 |
| 35.   | Siddharth MCVijayawada, Vijayawada    |   8 |
| 36.   | GMC &Hospital Yavatmal,Yavatmal       |   6 |
| 37.   | Assam MCDibrugarh,Dibrugarh           |   6 |
| 38.   | GMC &Hospital Agartala, Agartala      |   7 |
| 39.   | GMC Anantapur, Anantapur              |   8 |
| 40.   | GMCGoa, Goa                           |  11 |
| 41.   | Kakatiya MCWarangal, Warangal         |  10 |
| 42.   | RGIMS Adilabad, Adilabad              |   8 |
| 43.   | GMCIndore, Indore                     |  10 |
| 44.   | GMCJaipur,Jaipur                      |  05 |
| 45.   | GMCKozhikode,Kozhikode                |  06 |
|       | Total                                 | 335 |

## Facilities sanctioned  other than Super Speciality Department

|   S. No. | GMC                                  | Facilities                                                   |
|----------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | B. J. MCAhmedabad, Ahmedabad         | Nursing School& College and Medical Equipment                |
|        2 | GMCMumbai, Mumbai                    | Medical Equipment                                            |
|        3 | GMCSrinagar, Srinagar                | Trauma Centre                                                |
|        4 | IMS, BHU Varanasi, Varanasi          | Trauma Centre, Nursing School& College and Medical Equipment |
|        5 | SVIMS Tirupati , Tirupati            | Medical Equipment                                            |
|        6 | JNM College, AMU Aligarh, Aligarh    | Trauma Centre, OBG Blcok, New OPD                            |
|        7 | Pt.B.D. Sharma, PGIMS Rohtak, Rohtak | Service Block                                                |
|        8 | B.S. MCMaldah, Maldah                | Trauma and Emergency Blcok                                   |
|        9 | Government Medical College, Nagpur   | Medical Equipment                                            |
|       10 | RIO at IMS, BHU Varanasi, Varanasi   | Regional Institute for Opthalmology                          |