Lok Sabha Question No. 3390 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: Shortage of Doctors in AIIMS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3390 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/08/2025

## SHORTAGE OF DOCTORS IN AIIMS

## † 3390. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of all 'All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)' in the country;
- (b) whether the present faculty available for MBBS students in the newly established AIIMS is insufficient;
- (c) if so, the details of current student-faculty ratio, AIIMS-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to address the problem of acute shortage of doctors due to delay in recruitment process for such vacant posts?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) to (d): The details of sanctioned and filled posts of faculty along with the current MBBS student-faculty ratio in newly established All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is placed at Annexure.

Creation of posts and recruitment is a continuous process. In order to expeditiously fill vacant sanctioned faculty positions in various Institutes, following steps have been taken:

- (i) Standing Selection Committee has been constituted in each Institute as per the provision of AIIMS Act to facilitate filling up of vacant faculty positions.
- (ii) Provision has been made for engagement of retired faculty at the level of Professor, Additional Professor and Associate Professor, on contract basis, in new AIIMS, up to the age of 70 years from Institutes of National Importance (INIs) and Government Medical Colleges (GMCs).
- (iii) Visiting Faculty Scheme has been formulated to allow Professors, Additional Professors and Associate Professors, who are holding academic positions in Government Institutions within India or academic institutions outside India, to be the Visiting Faculty in new AIIMS for teaching purposes.

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## Annexure referred to the reply to part (a) to (d) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question Number 3390 for answer on 08.08.2025.

## Details of sanctioned and filled posts of faculty along with the current MBBS studentfaculty ratio in new AIIMS

|   Sr. No. | AIIMS       | Sanctioned Faculty position   | In position   | MBBS Student- Faculty Ratio   |
|-----------|-------------|-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Bhopal      | 305                           | 234           | 2.66:1                        |
|         2 | Bhubaneswar | 337                           | 234           | 2.66:1                        |
|         3 | Jodhpur     | 405                           | 219           | 2.85:1                        |
|         4 | Patna       | 305                           | 221           | 2.83:1                        |
|         5 | Raipur      | 305                           | 189           | 3.30:1                        |
|         6 | Rishikesh   | 355                           | 208           | 3.01:1                        |
|         7 | Raebareli   | 201                           | 113           | 3.96:1                        |
|         8 | Mangalagiri | 309                           | 151           | 4.13:1                        |
|         9 | Nagpur      | 373                           | 234           | 2.66:1                        |
|        10 | Kalyani     | 309                           | 170           | 3.67:1                        |
|        11 | Gorakhpur   | 213                           | 115           | 5.43:1                        |
|        12 | Bathinda    | 219                           | 140           | 3.57:1                        |
|        13 | Deoghar     | 208                           | 129           | 4.14:1                        |
|        14 | Bibinagar   | 183                           | 133           | 3.47:1                        |
|        15 | Bilaspur    | 217                           | 126           | 3.16:1                        |
|        16 | Jammu       | 183                           | 115           | 2.90:1                        |
|        17 | Madurai     | 183                           | 49            | 4.04:1                        |
|        18 | Rajkot      | 183                           | 76            | 3.29:1                        |
|        19 | Guwahati    | 183                           | 115           | 3.43:1                        |
|        20 | Awantipora  | 94                            | -             | Under Construction            |
|        21 | Darbhanga   | -                             | -             | Under Construction            |
|        22 | Rewari      | -                             | -             | Under Construction            |