Lok Sabha Question No. 1088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Recruitment of Physiotherapists in CGHS Wellness Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Rambhual Nishad

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1088 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH JULY, 2025

## RECRUITMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS IN CGHS WELLNESS CENTRES †1088. SHRI RAMBHUALNISHAD:

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

(a) the number of Physiotherapist Posts lying vacant, filled and under process of recruitment in CGHS Wellness Centres during the last three years along with the reasons for such vacant posts; and

- (b) the time by which the process of recruitment for all the said posts is likely to be completed?

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

(a) and (b) Recruitment Rules for the post of Physiotherapist was notified on 24.06.2024. At present, one sanctioned post of Physiotherapist under CGHS is vacant. Presently, five Physiotherapists are posted at Medical Centre, Parliament House Annexe from the strength of Safdarjung Hospital & Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi.

Physiotherapy services can be availed in any public health facility under the Government or through any CGHS empanelled private Health Care Organizations. There is also a provision for home based (Domiciliary) physiotherapy for CGHS beneficiaries as per guidelines issued vide this Ministry's Office Memorandum No. S-11011/24/2011-CGHS(P) dated 01.06.2011. The copy of Office Memorandum is annexed.

*****

Subject:

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Government of India

Department of Health & Family Welfare

No: S.11011/24/2011-CGHS (P)

## Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi 110 108 Dated, the 1" June, 2011

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Guldelines for dom/ciliary rehabilitation medicine intervention for

## reimbursement to CGHS beneficiaries.

The undersigned is directed to as per extant instructions, domestic rehabilitation of CGHS beneficlaries is not permitted and the patients have to go to hospitals for physiotherapy. etc. CGHS received representations with the request that domiciliary physiotherapy medicine which Involves the care of the patient with chronic diseases or temporary or

rehabilitation may be permitted since in many cases it is not possible for the patients to be transported / Shifted to hospitals for physlotherapy, etc. The request was examined by a committee of experts/ specialists in Government hospitals, and it has been decided to issue the following guidelines for domiciliary rehabllitation medical intervention for reimbursement to CGHS beneficiaries: Guldelines Domiciliary (home based) care Is medically justified in the practice of rehabilitation permanent disability or furictional timitation due to lack of health or disease. It is justified as

stated above:

(i)

such persons find ambulation practically Impossible or are significantly dependent on care giver or the cost of visiting the hospitals become higher than the cost of treatment given. In view of this, It would be necessary to consider providing holistic domiciliary rehabilitation medicine service instead of piecemeal home based physiotherapy only, to CGHS beneficiaries as part of their routine health coverage. Petiti Scope of the service The following allied health services need to be considered for domiciliary case as

(ii)

(ii)

Occupational therapy; and Speech therapy (for patients of stroke / head injury)

The decision to provide domicillary care should be based, on thorough evaluation and specific

Graduate qualifications fin' Ortho / Neurology / Neurosurgery / ENT may allow such benefits following the specific prescription criteria for conditions listed below:Conditions regulring domicilery rehablitation Intervention and recommended ducation I! dom/clliary therapy:

- prescription including the exact intervention and frequency by a PMR specialist. In a situation of non-avallabllity of PMT specialist, the treating. Goverment specialist having allopathic Post-

## Physiotherapy:

<!-- image -->

Ureute

<!-- image -->

- (1) ..Orthopaedic disorders: Post joint replacement surgery in acute phase Physiotherapy upto two weeks, post - discharge.

- (2) Neurological disorders (for upto six weeks):

- (i) Post stroke: Occupational Therapy (OT). Physiotherapy (PT), and Speech Therapy (ST):

- (ii) Traumatic brain injury: OT, PT and ST;

- Gullian-Barre syndrome: OT and PT;

- (iv) - Spinal cord injury with significant disability / deformity: OT and PT; and

- (v) Motor neuron disease: ' OT, PT and ST.

- Locomotor disabllities, with a disablity of over 80% or those who are totally dependent on care-giver based on the opinlon of two Govemment specialists, by cerified care- giver. (Care-giver mears Rehabllitation Council of Indla certified personnel + Physiotherapist and Occupational therapist (duly qualified diploma degree holder).. dr D

## Prescription information:

/ 20nd proctor 15

The prescription for home based rehabitation programme should include the following descriptive specifics:

- (1).. The therapy to be used:

- (a) *-Electrotherapy:

- Active Exercise Therapy,

- (c) ADL Training:

- (d) Speech Therapy:

- (e) Gait Training; and

- *(f) *Passive Exercises.

- /F03 3 2456 (2)er: The technical person required to institute the therapy;

- (3) The frequency of the therapy required by the patient; and

- (4) si Duration of the therapy programme,

## Admissible rates for relmbursement:

## The following rates may be reimbursed: i/

- (1)... Physiotherapist. Maximum of Ra.300/ (Rupees Three hundred only):

- (2) Occupational Therapist Maximum of Ra.300/- (Rupees Three hundred only):

- Speech Theraplst. Maximum of Rs. 300/- (Rupees Three hundred only):

- (4) Certified Care Giver Maximum of Rs. 150/- (Rupees One hundred and fifty only) or Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees Three thousand only) per month for long-tem miraments whichever is less: and

2.

3

May. 2011

4.

To

1.

2

3

4.

5.

6.

7. -

8.

9.

10

11.

12.

13.

14.-

16.

15. 0

17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

27.

28.

*:

(5) No reimbursement to be allowed for the purchase / hiring of therapy

The guidelines will take effect from the date of issue of the Office Memorandum.

equipment / devices

- This issues with the concurrence of IFD, vide Dy. No: 790 / SS & FA dated the 23* 3

- Hindi version of the guidelines will follow.

- (R Ravi)

- Director!

Tel: 2306 34831

All Ministries / Departments, Govemment of India

Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi

The Managing Director, Central Organisation ECHS, Army (Hq), Maude Line,

Delhi Cantonment, New Delhi 110 010

- Director, CGHS, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi All Additional Directors Joint Directors of CGHS cities outside Delhi

- : All Pay & Accounts Officers under CGHS

- Add! DDG (Hqrs) | Additional Director (Hqrs) / Additional Director (SZ) ' Additional Director (NZ) / Additional Director (CZ) / Additional Director (EZ).

- CGHS, New Delhi

- JD (Gr.)/JD(R&H), CGHS Delhi

- CGHS Desk-/Desk-|I/CGHS-ICGHS-lI, Dte.GHS, Nirman Bhawan. New Delhi Estt.I/ Estt.Il/ Estt.IIl/ Estt.IV Sections, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Ädmn. / Admn.!! Sections of Dte, GHS Rajya Sabha / Lok Sabina Secretariat •

- Registrar, Supreme Court of India

- U.P.S.C:

- Finance Division

- Deputy Secretary (Civil Service News), Department of Administrative Reforms

- & Public Grievances, 5" Floor, Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi.

- PPS to Secretary (H&FW) i Secretary (AYUSH) / Secretary (HR) / Secretary

- (AIDS Control), Ministy of Health & Family Welfare

- PPS to DGHS / SS & FĄ / SS & MD, NRHM / AS (H) / AS & DG (CGHS) Swamy Publishers (P) Ltd., P. B. No. 2468, R. A. Puram, Chennal 600028 Nabhi Publicatioris, P. O: Box No. 37. New Delhl 110 001

- Bahri Brothers, 742 Lajpat Rai Market, Delhi 110 006 Shri Umraomal Purohit, Secrefary, Staff Side, 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New

Delhi

- All Staff Side Members of National Council (JCM) (as per list attached)

- Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, 10 Bahadur Shah Zafar

- Marg, New Delhi

- 25: All Offices / Sections / Desks inithe Miniatry St, Technical Director, NIC. MOHFW, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, with the

- request to upload on the website of the CGHS:

- Office Order folder Guard File