Lok Sabha Question No. 909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Shortage of Faculty and Staff in AIIMS, Kalyani
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Md Abu Taher Khan

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 909 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2025

## SHORTAGE OF FACULTYAND STAFF IN AIIMS, KALYANI

## 909. MD ABU TAHER KHAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that AIIMS Kalyani, is currently facing shortage of Faculty and staffs, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the infrastructure for admitting emergency patients who need immediate admission is not yet developed till date, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether there is a possibility of making important departments OPD services available three or four days a week instead of the current two days a week and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) : Creation of posts and recruitment is a continuous process. The status of sanctioned, filled and vacant Faculty and Non-Faculty positions in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Kalyani is as under:

| Faculty position   | Faculty position   | Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   | Non-Faculty position   |
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sanctioned         | Filled             | Vacant             | Sanctioned             | Filled                 | Vacant                 |
| 259                | 163                | 96                 | 1527                   | 906                    | 621                    |

(b) & (C): Trauma & Emergency Department is functional in AIIMS Kalyani. Presently, 27 Outpatient Departments (OPDs) services are available at AIIMS Kalyani, as per details placed at Annexure.

Annexure Details of Outpatient Departments (OPDs) services at AIIMS Kalyani

|   Sl. No. | Departments                                |   No. of days running OPD in a week |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|         1 | Paediatrics                                |                                   6 |
|         2 | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) |                                   5 |
|         3 | Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)                 |                                   5 |
|         4 | Anaesthesiology                            |                                   5 |
|         5 | General Surgery                            |                                   5 |
|         6 | Eye                                        |                                   5 |
|         7 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OBG)           |                                   5 |
|         8 | General Medicine                           |                                   5 |
|         9 | Dermatology                                |                                   5 |
|        10 | Psychiatry                                 |                                   5 |
|        11 | Dentistry                                  |                                   5 |
|        12 | Orthopaedics                               |                                   5 |
|        13 | Endocrinology &Metabolism                  |                                   4 |
|        14 | Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery (CTVS)     |                                   3 |
|        15 | Cardiology                                 |                                   3 |
|        16 | Burns &Plastic Surgery                     |                                   3 |
|        17 | Pulmonary Medicine                         |                                   3 |
|        18 | Paediatric Surgery                         |                                   3 |
|        19 | Rheumatology& Clinical Immunology          |                                   3 |
|        20 | Nephrology                                 |                                   2 |
|        21 | Neurosurgery                               |                                   2 |
|        22 | Urology                                    |                                   2 |
|        23 | Medical Gastroenterology                   |                                   2 |
|        24 | Medical Oncology                           |                                   2 |
|        25 | Surgical Gastroenterology                  |                                   2 |
|        26 | Radiotherapy                               |                                   2 |
|        27 | Infectious Disease                         |                                   2 |