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GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3580
TO BE ANSWERED ON13/03/2026
VACANTPOSTSIN GOVERNMENTHOSPITALS
†3580.SHRIUMMEDARAM BENIWAL:
Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a) the current number of sanctioned posts of doctors, nurses and technical staff in
various All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other Central Hospitals such as
Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College
& Associated Hospitals across the country along with the category-wise details of vacant
posts;
(b) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that patients are being placed on
waiting lists ranging from six months to two years for surgeries of serious ailments such as
cancerandheartdisease;
(c) if so, the details thereof along with action plan formulated to reduce the said waiting
period; and
(d) the number of working days affected due to the breakdown of Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) scan machines in Central Hospitals during
the last three yearsandthe amountof expenditure incurredonmaintenance of said machines?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a): The details of sanctioned, in-position and vacant faculty and non-faculty posts in
various All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other Central Government
Hospitals viz. Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge
Medical College & Associated Hospitals underthe Ministry are at Annexure.
(b) to (d): Waiting list of patients in AIIMS and other Central Government Hospitals is
prepared duly considering the patient’s condition, urgency of treatment required and bed
availability. To reduce waiting period, expansion of patient care facilities is taken up in a
phased manner. To minimize inconvenience to patients, Annual Maintenance Contracts
(AMC)/ Comprehensive Maintenance Contracts (CMC) of various medical equipment is
undertaken by Institutes/ Hospitals to expeditiously address technical faults, breakdowns etc.
ina time boundmanner.
*****Annexure
Annexure referred to the reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question
Number3580 foransweron13.03.2026.
Details of Facultyand Non-Facultypositioninhospitals /Institutes
Faculty position Non-Facultyposition
In In
Sanctione Sanctione
Sl. Hospitals/Institutes positio Vacant positio Vacant
d d
No. n n
1. New Delhi (Delhi) 1306 860 446 13911 11369 2542
2. Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) 312 241 71 3874 2920 954
3. Bhubaneswar (Odisha) 337 238 99 3963 2937 1026
4. Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 405 221 184 4048 3322 726
5. Patna(Bihar) 305 219 86 3884 2752 1132
6. Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 305 200 105 3884 2815 1069
7. Rishikesh (Uttarakhand) 355 229 126 4095 2951 1144
8. Bathinda (Punjab) 219 143 76 2090 1453 637
9. Bibinagar(Telangana) 183 132 51 1374 898 476
Bilaspur (Himachal
217 130 87 1511 987 524
10. Pradesh)
11. Deoghar (Jharkhand) 208 132 76 1712 940 772
12. Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) 213 117 96 1492 949 543
13. Guwahati (Assam) 183 117 66 1630 879 751
14. Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) 183 119 64 1311 935 376
15. Kalyani (West Bengal) 309 175 134 2221 1171 1050
16. Madurai (Tamil Nadu) 183 70 113 911 40 871
Mangalagiri (Andhra
309 171 138 1953 1291 662
17. Pradesh)
18. Nagpur (Maharashtra) 373 238 135 2107 1395 712
19. Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) 209 111 98 1613 1120 493
20. Rajkot (Gujarat) 183 78 105 1410 665 745
21. VMMC & Safdarjung
632 514 118 5540 4206 1334
Hospital, New Delhi
22. ABVIM & Dr.RML
453 351 102 2686 2253 433
Hospital, New Delhi
23. LHMC & Associated
386 298 88 2150 1635 515
Hospitals, New Delhi