(a) the number of surgeries done at AIIMS Bibinagar, Telangana, year-wise since 2019;
(b) the reasons for the low number of surgeries at AIIMS Bibinagar;
(c) the number of Surgeons, Doctors and Nurses, and non-medical staff working at AIIMS Bibinagar;
(d) the number of different categories of posts lying vacant therein since 2019, year-wise; and
(e) the necessary steps taken by the Government to fill up the vacant posts along with the time by which such vacancies are likely to be filled up?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a): Surgeries at AIIMS Bibinagar started in the year 2021 and no. of major surgeries performed was 26 in 2021 and 294 in 2022 (upto 14th July). More than 3600 minor surgeries and procedures have also been done till date.
(b): AIIMS at Bibinagar is in initial stages of establishment. Currently clinical services are provided by the Institute from a pre-existing partially builtbuilding at its site.The regular faculty in department of Anaesthesia joined in December 2020 and faculties in various surgical departments were recruited and joined during the period from October 2020 to March 2021.
(c): The details of faculty and non-faculty staff of AIIMS Bibinagar is as under:
S.No. Post Number
(i) Faculty 89
(ii) Senior residents 39
(iii) Junior residents 33
(iv) Surgeons (part of faculty) 18
(v) Nursing officers 191
(vi) Non – medical staff 190
(d) and (e): The details of AIIMS Bibinagar employees for the year 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 including post sanctioned, filled and vacant are at Annexure 1.
In new AIIMS, recruitment to various positions is done on need basis keeping in view the range of additional services and facilities added. The status of vacant posts at various AIIMS is monitored at various levels and vacancies are advertised based on requirement. However, as high standards have to be maintained in selection, keeping in view the stature of these Institutes of National Importance, all the advertised positions could not be filled up.
Further, following facilitating provisions have been made by this Ministry and Central Institute Body (CIB) for augmenting faculty strength in new AIIMS:
i. Constitution of Standing Selection Committee (SSC) in each new AIIMS to facilitate expeditious filling up of vacancies.
ii. The upper age limit for direct recruitment against the posts of Professor and Additional Professor has been raised from 50 years to 58 years.
iii. Filling up of vacant faculty posts in the new AIIMS by taking serving faculty from Government Medical Colleges/Institutes on deputation basis has been allowed.
iv. Contractual engagement of retired faculty of Government Medical Colleges/Institutes up to 70 years of age has also been allowed. Walk-in-interview for engagement of faculty on contract basis has also been allowed.
v. Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders have been allowed to be appointed on faculty positions.
vi. Visiting faculty scheme in new AIIMS has been formulated to allow national and international faculty to work in new AIIMS for teaching and academic purposes
vii. Down-grading of the posts of Additional/Associate Professor to the level of Assistant Professor has been allowed for a fixed period by the AIIMS with the approval of their respective Institute Body.
viii. Temporary diversion has been allowed on loan basis for faculty from one Department to another, which may be filled up on contractual appointment.
ix. Relaxation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has been allowed as per Rules/ Guidelines issued by DoP&T.
x. Running advertisement with one-year validity have been allowed to expedite the recruitment of faculty after which fresh running or normal advertisement can be issued again depending upon faculty strength.
xi. Constitution of a sub-committee of the Governing Body of new AIIMS to consider and approve recommendations of the respective Standing Selection Committee.
xii. Centralized recruitment for nursing cadres has been introduced.
AIIMS Bibinagar has carried out various recruitment advertisement for filling up of vacant posts.94 faculty posts in various departments has been advertised on 02.06.2022 and of 10 Senior Resident and 05Junior Resident posts were advertised on 07.07.2022. Further, 21 Nursing Faculty and 01 Registrar posts have been advertised on 27.08.2021 and 8Group-B and 02 Group C non-faculty posts were advertised on 29.07.2020.