AIIMS Delhi staff to get ‘preferential treatment’

A recent circular issued by AIIMS medical superintendent Dr Sanjeev Lalwani directed all faculties and resident doctors to accord due priority to relatives or family members of the hospital’s workers.

“The AIIMS employees including faculty, residents, students, officers, nurses, technical, administrative and group C staff, retired employees have been raising a genuine issue or concern in various forums/representations that occasionally, the Employees Health Scheme (EHS) beneficiary patients including the employees and their dependent beneficiaries are not given any preferential treatment in the OPD’s, speciality clinics, diagnostic investigations and have to wait for long periods before being attended to. It has also been seen that some of us want preferential consultation/treatment for ourselves and our dependent family members but are unwilling to extend similar preferential facility to our colleagues and subordinate staff,” said Dr Lalwani in a letter to all head of departments.

“As such it is considered imperative that the institute employees, being a part of the AIIMS fraternity, ought to be given some reasonable preferential consideration when seeking consultation/treatment for themselves or their dependent family members. Accordingly, all heads of clinical departments/units are requested to advise the faculty members and residents in their respective department/unit to accord due priority to the institute employees/EHS beneficiary patients,” he said.

Queries sent to AIIMS and a health ministry spokesperson remained unanswered till press time.

At AIIMS Delhi, there is a waiting period for more than six months in the departments of cardiology, radiology, renal transplant, among others.

Updated: 26 May 2023, 11:55 PM IST