Lok Sabha Question No. 1059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Waiting Period in AIIMS, New Delhi
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1059 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08th DECEMBER, 2023

## WAITING PERIOD IN AIIMS, NEW DELHI

## 1059. SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note that the patients suffering from serious diseases such as heart attack, Nephromegaly and Brain Tumour etc. have a waiting period of almost six months to one year due to shortage of beds in AIIMS, New Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with necessary steps taken in this regard;
- (c) whether thousands of patients lose their lives every year due to unavailability of beds/delay in operation/surgery etc.;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the measures being taken by the Government to address the said problems;
- (e) the details of the latest status of availability of beds and wards for emergency services and other diseases in AIIMS; and
- (f) the names of States/UTs in the country where AIIMS have been established along with their operational details?

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

(a) to (f): All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi has total 3231 beds including 194 beds in Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center for serious emergency cases. Various clinical departments make their own waiting list of patients according to patients's condition and the urgency of treatment required and bed availability on the particular day. In the casualty/emergency life-saving situations, all efforts are made to admit the seriously ill patients in the hospital as far as practically possible. To minimise waiting period of patients, AIIMS, New Delhi has expanded its facilities by building new Speciality Centres and Blocks like the National Cancer Institute, Surgical Block, OPD Block, Mother & Child Block, National Centre for Ageing etc.

In order to correct regional imbalances in the availability of tertiary healthcare services, setting up of 22 new AIIMS and 75 projects of upgradation of existing Government Medical Colleges/Institutions by way of setting up of super speciality blocks/trauma centres have been approved under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) and are at various stages of operationalization. The details of various AIIMS is at Annexure.

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Annexure AIIMS projects sanctioned during the last nine years (2015-2023) and their stage of completion

| Sl. No.   | Name of AIIMS                                                                             | Date of Cabinet Approval                                                                  | Status of operationalisation                                                              | Status of operationalisation                                                              | Status of operationalisation                                                              | Status of operationalisation                                                              | Status of operationalisation                                                              | Status of operationalisation                                                              |
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| 1 to 6    | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. | AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh, are fully functional. |
| 7         | AIIMS Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh)                                                        | 07.10.2015                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised.                                                            | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 8         | AIIMS Nagpur (Maharashtra)                                                                | 07.10.2015                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised.                                                            | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 9         | AIIMS Kalyani(West Bengal)                                                                | 07.10.2015                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised.                                                            | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 10        | AIIMS Gorakhpur (U. P.)                                                                   | 20.07.2016                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised.                                                            | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 11        | AIIMS Bathinda (Punjab)                                                                   | 27.07.2016                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised.                                                            | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 12        | AIIMS Guwahati(Assam)                                                                     | 24.05.2017                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised                                                             | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 13        | AIIMS Bilaspur(H.P)                                                                       | 03.01.2018                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised.                                                            | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 14        | AIIMS Deoghar(Jharkhand)                                                                  | 16.05.2018                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised                                                             | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 15        | AIIMS Bibinagar(Telangana)                                                                | 17.12.2018                                                                                | MBBS classes, operationalised                                                             | OPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |
| 16        | AIIMS Madurai (Tamil Nadu)                                                                | 17.12.2018                                                                                | Tender for the main work has been floated.                                                | Tender for the main work has been floated.                                                | Tender for the main work has been floated.                                                | Tender for the main work has been floated.                                                | Tender for the main work has been floated.                                                | Tender for the main work has been floated.                                                |
| 17        | AIIMS Vijaypur (Jammu )                                                                   | 10.01.2019                                                                                | MBBS classes started                                                                      | MBBS classes started                                                                      | MBBS classes started                                                                      | MBBS classes started                                                                      | MBBS classes started                                                                      | MBBS classes started                                                                      |
| 18        | AIIMS Awantipora (Kashmir)                                                                | 10.01.2019                                                                                | 44% construction work completed                                                           | 44% construction work completed                                                           | 44% construction work completed                                                           | 44% construction work completed                                                           | 44% construction work completed                                                           | 44% construction work completed                                                           |
| 19        | AIIMS Rajkot(Gujarat)                                                                     | 10.01.2019                                                                                | MBBS classes started and OPD services operationalised                                     | MBBS classes started and OPD services operationalised                                     | MBBS classes started and OPD services operationalised                                     | MBBS classes started and OPD services operationalised                                     | MBBS classes started and OPD services operationalised                                     | MBBS classes started and OPD services operationalised                                     |
| 20        | AIIMS Rewari (Haryana)                                                                    | 28.02.2019                                                                                | Tender for main work has been floated.                                                    | Tender for main work has been floated.                                                    | Tender for main work has been floated.                                                    | Tender for main work has been floated.                                                    | Tender for main work has been floated.                                                    | Tender for main work has been floated.                                                    |
| 21        | AIIMS Darbhanga (Bihar)                                                                   | 15.09.2020                                                                                | Encumbrance free land has not been handed over by the State Govt.                         | Encumbrance free land has not been handed over by the State Govt.                         | Encumbrance free land has not been handed over by the State Govt.                         | Encumbrance free land has not been handed over by the State Govt.                         | Encumbrance free land has not been handed over by the State Govt.                         | Encumbrance free land has not been handed over by the State Govt.                         |
| 22        | AIIMS Rae Bareli                                                                          | 05.02.2009                                                                                | MBBS classes, OPD operationalised.                                                        |                                                                                           | services                                                                                  | and                                                                                       | IPD                                                                                       | services                                                                                  |