(a) the number of patients on the waiting list for admission for treatment/operations
at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram;
(b) whether the number of such applicants has been showing an increasing trend during the
last three years;
(c) whether there is any proposal to expand the facilities at the Institute to cater to the
rush of patients and the details of such plans; and
(d) if not, the reasons for not undertaking such expansion?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) Ministry of Science and Technology has informed that waiting list of patients for
surgeries including interventional procedures at SCTIMST is as under:
Cardiology/Cardiac &Thoracic Surgeries 3800 (an average of 25 cases are added per day to
the waiting list)
Neuro-surgery & interventional radiology 500 cases (an average of 7 cases are added per
day to the waiting list)
(b) Yes.
(c)&(d) Due to financial and space constraints in the existing campus, major expansion
of hospital is not feasible. However, in advance medical specialties (cardiology and neurology),
some more sub-specialties are being added. An area of 83 cent land has been acquired from the
Trivandrum Medical College, Government of Kerala. Two hospital buildings are being planned in
this adjacent area which is likely to increase bed strength by 200.