(a) whether award of contract to a company on higher rates in purchase
of equipments in sports injury centre in Safdarjung Hospital,New Delhi
has come to the notice of the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the number of complaints received by the Government in this regard
and the action taken by the Government thereon; and
(d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to prevent
such frauds in the hospitals in the country?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a) to (d): As far as procurement of equipments in Sports Injury
Centre is concerned, all equipments have been procured hrough
Advertised Tender Enquiry as per GFR 150. The Technical Bids
received against the referred Tender were evaluated by the
Technical Evaluation Committee of Sports Injury Centre, which
included outside Experts also, from the same specialty.The
contracts of all the equipments procured are awarded after
obtaining approval from Joint Purchase Committee (JPC) and
the competent authority.
However, one complaint against a doctor of the Sports Injury
Centre (SIC) has been received in this Ministry from Central
Vigilance Commission. Action as per extant procedures has
already been initiated.