Question : RML HOSPITAL AS POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE

(a) whether the Government has started working on converting R.M.L. Hospital into a Post -Graduate Institute ;

(b) if so ,by what the RML Hospital would start functioning full-fledged Post Graduate Institute;

(c) whether the non-teaching specialists working in RML Hospital would be given teaching designation as reported in the Statesman dated June 25, 2004 under the caption `RML Docs to Don Teachers robes` ;

(d) if so, whether this will be against the rules and regulations laid down by the Medical Council of India for Post-Graduate Medical Institutes ; and

(e) if so, the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for recruiting teaching faculty as per the Medical Council of India norms for the Post-Graduate Institutes?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) to (e): The foundation stone for establishing the postgraduate institute at Dr. R.M.L. Hospital was laid on 25th November, 2004. The eligibility of the specialists working in Dr. RML Hospital would be assessed by the affiliating university in consistence with Medical Council of India regulations for imparting the postgraduate training. The functioning of hospital as a full-fledged P.G. institute would depend upon the completion of all requisite formalities and obtaining the necessary approvals.