(a) whether the Government is aware that poor people are being ignored in the matter of providing medical facilities in the Government hospitals of Delhi and other areas;
(b) if so, the reasons for non-availability of proper medical facilities to the poor and to the patients coming from far-flung areas in Government Hospitals; and
(c) the concrete steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE ( DR. AMBUMANI RAMADOSS)
(a) to (c): In so far as Central Government Hospitals in Delhi, namely, Dr. R.M.L. Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital and LHMC & its associated hospitals, are concerned, all the patients attending the hospitals are provided appropriate treatment irrespective of the socio-economic status and the place they belong to. The citizen`s charter is in existence in each of the above-mentioned hospitals. The grievance cells are also set up in all the above mentioned hospitals to redress the complaint as and when received from any patients or his/her relatives.