Question : Waiting Period in AIIMS

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

(a) whether the Government is aware that waiting time for surgery in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Lucknow runs into years;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) the total number of patients admitted in the Department of surgery, total number of patients whose surgeries were done and the patients referred to other hospitals due to unavailability of beds in the above institutions separately during the last three years; and

(d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase the number of beds and other facilities in the Department of surgery in the above institutions?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) & (b): The number of patients coming to the Institutes for treatment/surgery is more than the beds available in the Institutes. However, the waiting lists of patients needing admission are prepared according to patients’ condition, urgency of treatment and bed availability on the particular day. In the casualty/emergency lifesaving situations, all efforts are made to admit the seriously ill patient in the hospital as far as practically possible. In case of non-availability of bed in the emergency, the patients are first stabilized and then sent to other Government hospitals for further management.

(c): The total number of patients admitted and Surgeries done during the last three years in AIIMS, New Delhi and Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow are given in annexure. The data regarding patients referred to other hospitals due to non-availability of beds is not maintained in the above two Institutions.

(d): To increase the number of beds and other facilities in the surgery department of AIIMS, New Delhi, the Government has approved setting up of New Surgical Block, with 200 beds and 12 operation theatres.