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Shortage of Specialists and Consultants in CGHS: Rajya Sabha Q&A
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION
NO 263
ANSWERED ON 25.11.2014
Shortage of Specialists and Consultants in CGHS
263. SHRI GULAM RASOOL BALYAWI:
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether it is a fact that there is a shortage of Specialists and Consultants in CGHS;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
(c) the steps taken or being taken to ensure adequate availability of Specialists and Consultants in CGHS?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT
PRAKASH NADDA)
(a) & (b): Yes. Details are at Annexed.
The recruitment of specialists is done at the level of Union Public Service Commission & Posting is done by Central Health Service. It has been noted that after appointment, very few specialists actually join the CGHS. Cases of taking voluntary retirement to join private institutions are also increasing. Some of the specialists also opt for joining other Government Institutions in the Teaching Cadre. These factors render the vacancy position more acute.
(c): In order to meet the requirement against the vacancies, the posts of Specialists /Consultants are filled on contract basis. Keeping in view the acute shortage, a proposal to engage private specialists on part time basis at dispensary level has also been approved.
(a) & (b): Yes. Details are at Annexed.
The recruitment of specialists is done at the level of Union Public Service Commission & Posting is done by Central Health Service. It has been noted that after appointment, very few specialists actually join the CGHS. Cases of taking voluntary retirement to join private institutions are also increasing. Some of the specialists also opt for joining other Government Institutions in the Teaching Cadre. These factors render the vacancy position more acute.
(c): In order to meet the requirement against the vacancies, the posts of Specialists /Consultants are filled on contract basis. Keeping in view the acute shortage, a proposal to engage private specialists on part time basis at dispensary level has also been approved.
ANNEXURE
INCUMBENCY POSITION OF
NON-TEACHING SPECIALIST SUB-CADRE OF CHS AT VARIOUS CGHS UNITS as on 19.11.2014
|
S.No.
|
CGHS Unit
|
Sanctioned
|
Filled
|
Vacant
|
|
1.
|
CGHS,
|
114
|
105
|
09
|
|
2.
|
CGHS,
|
08
|
07
|
01
|
|
3.
|
CGHS,
|
07
|
03
|
04
|
|
4.
|
CGHS
|
08
|
03
|
05
|
|
5.
|
CGHS, Kolkata
|
08
|
03
|
05
|
|
6.
|
CGHS, Chennai
|
13
|
07
|
06
|
|
7.
|
CGHS,
|
09
|
03
|
06
|
|
8.
|
CGHS,
|
16
|
04
|
12
|
|
9.
|
CGHS, Jaipur
|
08
|
05
|
03
|
|
10.
|
CGHS,
|
06
|
05
|
01
|
|
11.
|
CGHS,
|
06
|
00
|
06
|
|
12.
|
CGHS, Pune
|
06
|
04
|
02
|
|
13.
|
CGHS Ahmedabad
|
02
|
01
|
01
|
|
14.
|
CGHS,
|
01
|
00
|
01
|
|
15.
|
CGHS Mumbai
|
13
|
05
|
08
|
Source:
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Treatment by CGHS empanelled hospitals in emergency cases: Rajya Sabha Q&A
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
RAJYA SABHA
QUESTION
NO 295
ANSWERED ON 25.11.2014
Treatment by CGHS
empanelled hospitals in emergency cases
295. SHRI A.U. SINGH DEO:
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government is aware that empanelled
hospitals provide cashless services to pensioners only for the diseases for
which they are empanelled, even during the emergencies;
(b) if so, the extant Rules and Regulations in this
regard;
(c) whether Government plans to instruct all
empanelled hospitals to provide
cashless facilities to pensioners and other CGHS beneficiaries, irrespective of diseases
for which they are empanelled during emergencies and shift the patients to
other authorized hospital after first aid;
(d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) the steps proposed to check exploitation/looting of patients in emergencies by
empanelled hospitals?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT
PRAKASH NADDA)
(a) to (d): Recently,
the Government has amended the terms and conditions for empanelment of private hospital under the Central Government Health
Scheme (CGHS). Now, the hospitals are empanelled as a whole, meaning that all
facilities available in the hospital would be provided to CGHS beneficiaries. Disease – specific empanelment has now been
stopped.
(e): To ensure that
the terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Agreement are
followed scrupulously by the empanelled hospitals, a monitoring cell under the
aegis of a senior officer of CGHS has been established to check irregularities including exploitation
of patients. There are provisions in the MoA including issue of Show Cause
Notice, issue of warning, recovery of amount charged illegally from the beneficiaries, also confiscation of
part or whole of PBG (Performance Bank Guarantee), and ultimately removal
from the CGHS list, that can be resorted to in appropriate cases.
Measures taken by the Govt. to overcome the Inconvenience caused to Beneficiaries due to Shift in Treatment Policy of CGHS
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Government of India
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25-November-2014 13:36 IST
Measures taken by the Govt. to overcome the Inconvenience caused to Beneficiaries due to Shift in Treatment Policy of CGHS
With a view to plug the loopholes in the system, the Government decided on 25.8.2014 that only CGHS formulary medicines and those approved by Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) in India would be provided to beneficiaries under CGHS. The maximum period of issued medicines was also curtailed to one month instead of three months. It was decided ibid that only listed investigations/treatments at prescribed CGHS rates would be allowed.The following measures have since been taken to overcome the inconvenience caused to the beneficiaries due to this shift in polic
(i) The Government decided to adopt formularies of Ex- Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) also in addition to the existing CGHS formulary.
(i) The Government decided to adopt formularies of Ex- Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) also in addition to the existing CGHS formulary.
i ( i) A technical committee under Chairmanship of Special DG has been constituted to consider inclusion/exclusion of medicines/ investigation/treatment/procedures /implant etc.
(iii) A Group of experts has been constituted on 25.9.2014 to review CGHS formulary to avoid denial of essential medicines to CGHS beneficiaries and revising the formulary.
(iii) A Group of experts has been constituted on 25.9.2014 to review CGHS formulary to avoid denial of essential medicines to CGHS beneficiaries and revising the formulary.
(iv) Instructions have also been issued to CMOs In-charge vide Office Memorandum No. 2-2/2014/CGHS/PPT/CGHS-P dated 1.10.2014 to use their discretion to supply essential medicines to CGHS beneficiaries even though they do not figure in the formularies of CGHS/ECHS/ESIC.
(v) The Government also extended further relaxation to the beneficiaries by switching back to the previous arrangement regarding time period of issued medicines i.e. 3 months for chronic disease and 6 months in case of visit abroad.
The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
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