Doctors criticise the "special services" provided to MPs for medical care at AIIMS.

  • Oct. 20, 2022, 11:24 a.m.

On Wednesday, Dr M Srinivas, AIIMS Delhi Director, wrote a letter to YM Kandpal, Joint Secretary, Lok Sabha, over the streamlining of OPD, emergency consultation, and inpatient hospitalisation services for the Members of Parliament, following the SOPs issued.

Several doctors' associations have strongly opposed the SOPs issued for the treatment of sitting members of Parliament at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, according to the news agency ANI.

On Wednesday, Dr M Srinivas, AIIMS Delhi Director, wrote a letter to YM Kandpal, Joint Secretary, Lok Sabha, over the streamlining of OPD, emergency consultation, and inpatient hospitalisation services for the Members of Parliament, following the SoPs issued.

Taking to Twitter, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), a doctors' association, said, "We condemn VIP culture. No patient should suffer at the cost of another's privileges. That being said, having a protocol to streamline things should not be viewed as derogatory, provided it doesn't hamper patient care. "

The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) doctors' association also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the VIP culture.

On one hand, our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi ji, says' There is no VIP Culture in India!, 'but on the other hand, AIIMS New Delhi Director Dr M Srinivas releases a letter to promote VIP Culture! Like in the past, we still stand against VIP culture! " FAIMA tweeted.

Many doctors and health officials have been constantly tweeting and opposing the decision taken by the AIIMS Director.

AIIMS Delhi issues SoPs for the treatment of MPs

1) According to the AIIMS director, if a sitting MP requires OPD consultation from a speciality/superspeciality department, the Lok Sabha/Rajyasabha secretariat or the MP's personal staff will contact the duty officer and provide him with the necessary details about the ailment and specialist/superspecialist doctor to be consulted.

2) The SOPs include duty officers who are qualified medical professionals from the department of hospital administration. They will be available in the control room of AIIMS Hospital around the clock and the duty officer on duty will be the nodal officer to coordinate and facilitate requisite medical care arrangements for sitting MPs.

3) Regardless of who is on duty, the control room's landline phone numbers and the duty officer's mobile phone numbers will remain constant.

4) The duty officer will speak to a concerned specialist or super-specialist doctor or head of the department and will fix up the requisite appointment. If it is so required, we can speak to the Chief of the Centre or Head of the concerned department as well.

5) In the event of an emergency situation where the people's representative requires immediate medical management, the Lok Sabha/Rajyasabha secretariat or personal staff of the MP will contact the duty officer and provide him with the requisite details about the ailment. So that the duty officer can guide them as to which emergency services the MP should be brought to, the main emergency trauma centre emergency or an eye emergency.

6) In the case of inpatient hospitalisation of MP, the treating faculty will send a brief note to the medical superintendent about the ailment or illness that MP is suffering from, the proposed line of management, and the expected duration of stay. It will be countersigned by the medical superintendent and will be sent to the Lok Sabha/Rajyasabha secretariat's given email id by the medical superintendent's office.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

Rajdhani delhi representative

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