## Policy Summary: AIIMS Patna Director Appointment
This document summarizes Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3419, addressed to the Minister of Health and Family Welfare on August 8, 2025, regarding the Director post for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna. The question inquired whether AIIMS Patna and AIIMS Deoghar (Jharkhand) were headed by the same Director, the details thereof, whether this arrangement created administrative or medical obstacles, and the timeline for appointing a permanent Director for AIIMS Patna.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav, responded that due to an unanticipated vacancy in the post of Executive Director, AIIMS Patna, the additional charge has been entrusted to the Executive Director, AIIMS Deoghar, Jharkhand, with the approval of the competent authority. It was also clarified that a separate Executive Director has been appointed for AIIMS Darbhanga, Bihar. The response stated that filling vacant posts is a continuous process.
Key Entities Referenced
All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS: A group of autonomous public medical institutes of national importance in India.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: A ministry of the Government of India responsible for health policy.
AIIMS Patna, Bihar: All India Institute of Medical Sciences located in Patna, Bihar.
AIIMS Deoghar, Jharkhand: All India Institute of Medical Sciences located in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
AIIMS Darbhanga, Bihar: All India Institute of Medical Sciences located in Darbhanga, Bihar.
Shrimati Prataprao Jadhav: Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Shri Sudhakar Singh: Member of Parliament who raised the question in Lok Sabha.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3419
TO BE ANSWERED ON08/08/2025
DIRECTORPOSTFORAIIMS PATNA
†3419.SHRISUDHAKAR SINGH:
Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a) whether both All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bihar and All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jharkhand are currently headed by the same
Director;
(b) if so, the detailsthereof;
(c) whether having one Director post for both the institutions is creating obstacles in
carryingout administrative andmedicalwork; and
(d) if so, the reasons therefor and the time by which a permanent and full-time director
for All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), Patnaislikelytobe appointed?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a)to(d): In view of the unanticipated vacancy in the post of Executive Director, All
India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, the additional charge of the post of
Executive Director, AIIMS Patna has been entrusted to Executive Director, AIIMS Deoghar,
Jharkhand with the approval of competent authority. A separate Executive Director has been
appointedfor AIIMS Darbhanga,Bihar.Filling up of vacantposts isa continuousprocess.
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