Notification and Registration of Equal Opportunity Policy by Lal Bahadur

Shastri Hospital, Kichiripur, Delhi-91 under Sectio Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

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Important provisions in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.

3.(1) The appropriate Government shall ensure that the persons with

disabilities enjoy the right to equality, life with dignity, and respect for his

or her integrity equality with other.

20.(1) No Government establishment shall discriminate against any

person with a disability in any matter relating to employment.

20.(2) Every Government establishment shall provide reasonable

accommodation and appropriate barrier-free and Conducive

environment to employees with disability.

6(1) The appropriate Government shall take measures to protect

persons with disabilities from being subjected to torture, Cruel, inhuman

or degrading treatment.

6(2) No person with a disability shall be a subject of any research

without, prior permission of Delhi State Committee for Research on

Disability

92. Whoever. (a) intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a person

with disability in any place within public view:

(b) assaults or Uses force to anyY person with disability with intent to

dishonour him or outrage the moadesty of a women with disability:

(c) having the actual charge or control over a person with disability

voluntarily or knowingly denies food or fluids to him or her;

(d) being in a posifion to dominate the will of a child or women with

disability and uses that position to exploit her sexually:

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e) voluntarily injuries, damages or interferes with the use of any limb or

sense or any supporting device of a person with disability: shall be

punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six

months but which may extend to five years and with fine.

Important provisions in the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017

23(1) A person with mental illness shall have the right to contidentiality

in respect of his mental health, mental healthcare, treatment and

physical healthcare.

24(1) No photograph or any other information relating to a person with

mental illness undergoing treatment at a mental health establishment

shall be released to the media without the consent of the person with

mental llness.

LBSH Equal Opportunity Policy Details

A. Facility and amenity to be provided to the Persons with Disabilities

(PWD) to enable them to effectively discharge their duties at LBS

Hospital.

Physical and digital infrastructure (buildings. furniture. facilities

and services in the building) adhering to the accessibility

standards to be mentioned here

As required by the RPDA 2016. LBSH will offer reasonable

adjustments for eligible employees with disabilities wherever

possible. Accommodations would be made; a) to provide equal

opportunity in the applicafion and selection process. b) to

enable an employee with disability to execute the essential

functions of a job, and c) to allow disabled employees to enjoy

non-disabledthe same advantages and privileges as

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employees. Obtaining or altering equipment or gadgets,

modifying assessment and training materials, modifying work

Schedules, and reassignment fo a vacant position are all

examples of reasonable adjustments. All records relating to an

employee's request for reasonable accommodations would be

kept in ihe employee's confidential file, which would be kept

separate from the employee's official personnel file.

. Employee with disabilities are given Transport Allowance at double

the normal rate + DA thereon, as per Ministry of Finance,

Department of Expenditure, OMnO.2013/2017-e.iib DATED

12.07.2018.

2. Income Tax Exemption for the employee with disabilities as per

Govt. rule

3. Grant of Children Education Allowance for children of governmeni

employees with disabilities payable at double the normal rates of

CEA prescribed.

4. Special Allowance for child care for women with disabilities and

Education Allowance for disabled chilcren of Govi. Employee.

B. List of posBs identified suitable for persons with disabilities in Lal

Bahadur Shastri Hospital

(1) There is no direct recruitment of A,B, C and D category of

posts in Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, except for the Junior

Resident, Senior Resident. which are engaged as per

residency scheme.

Junior Resident and Senior Residenls are appoinled category wise

which also includes persons with disability on Ihe basis of available

vacancies as well as considering order daled 16.01.2018 of State

Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, GNCTD endorsed by Dy.

Secretary(HR-Med) vide letter dated 08.03.2018.

(The notification for appointments are published at the official

website with its copy pasted/affixed on the Notice Board of LBSH.

C. The manner of selection of Persons with Disabilities for various

posts, post-recruitment and pre-promotion training, preference in

fransfer and posting, special leave, preference in allotment of

residential accommodation if any, and other facilities for PwD in

Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital.

Recruitment

Resident Doctors are engaged ihrough Walk-In-Interview and/or

Screening Tests.

1. 4%reservation in recruitment for recruitment of person with

Disabiliies against the identified post of benchmark disability.

Such employee with disability will receive an induction iraining

session alongside the rest of ihe staff.

2 Age relaxation of 10 years as per applicable instructions of GOI

time to time.

Fee exemption for candidates with disabilifies. 3

Post Recruitment and Pre-Promotion Induction Iraining Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital only induct Resident Doctors, which

are engaged against tenure posts. There is no promotion in the

Residency Scheme.

Preference in transfer and posting. As far as possible, the persons with disabilities may be exempted

from the rotation transfer policy/transfer at hospilal level and

allowed to continue in the same job, where they would have

achieved the optimum performance Further, choice of

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preference in place of posting aft the lime of transfer may be

given to the persons with disability subjec lo Ihe administrative

constraints. Instructions issued by the Department of Personnel

and Training, Government of India, from time to time will be

followed.

Leave/Special Leave. a) The guidelines issued in this regard from GOl as well as Stale

Government will be followed. Special Disabilily Leave admissible

to the officials vide DoP&T OM NO.2011/1/2008-Est. Dated

19.11.2008 and 10 days Special Casual Leave admissible to the

officials vide DoP&T OM No.28016/02/2007-Estt(A) dated

14.11.2007. for participating in Conference

Seminars/Training/Workshop relateed to disability and

development to be specified by Ministry of Social Justice &

Empowerment shall be implemented

b) Subject to availability. this Hospital shall provide accessible

accommoda tion to the persons with disabilities near their place

of posting and they will be preferred for allotment of ground floor

accommodation. Existing housing accommodations will be

renovated subject to feasibility to make them accessible to

person with disabilities.

Preference in allotment of residential accommodation. Subject to availobility. Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital shall provide

accessible accommodalion lo Ihe persons with disabilities in the

staff quarters availble al the campus and Ihey will be pretered

for allofment of ground floor accommodation. Existing housing accommodations will be renovated subject lo feasibility to make

hem accessible to persons wilh disabilities (by the Estate Officers)

D. Provisions for assistive devices, barier free accessibility and other

provisions for persons with disabilities.

. Separate counter are available for people with disabilities at

fhe required places like pharmacy area, OPD registration

area.

2. Registration on priority basis.

3. Doctors examine the disabled patients on priority basis.

4. Secuity guards are also available for assistance. Time to time

instructions are given to the guards during the briefing to assist

PwD.

5. Attendants/Nursing Orderlies who are PwD are given duty at

accessible place preferable to ground floor, like Ground floor

OPDs.

6. Adequate number of ramps are available in hospital.

7. Adequate number of wheel chairs in hospital. Wheel chairs

are parked in emergency block.

8. Separate toilets for Persons with disability are available at

different wards. Further Public work department of LBS

Hospital is being approached io construct PwD friendly toilets

in emergency block, OPD area, pharmacy area and old

building wards are.[Annexure-B).

9. Required help is being provided through Dealing Assistant

(UDID) in form filling and issuance of railway concession formn.

in the registration for PwD certificate. OPDs and Emergency. 10.The parking space near ward building IS earmarked

dedicatedly for Persons with Disabilities.

11.Other facilities and amenities are to be provided to the

persons with disabilities (PwD) to enable them to discharge

their duties in the establishment, are propOsed and planned

as per latest guidelines of Govi. ot India in thIS regard as

under ( Direction tiles are placed from the Admin Block to

emergency ward, OPD block and Ward block for

physichally handicapped people.

Double side railing are provided in the corridor of

OPD/ramp Each and every connecting corridor and stiair case are fo

be provided with double type hand railing for grabbing

purpose for PwD.

12. The work related to above provision is to be progress through

fime to time communication with Public Work Department.

E. Appointment of liaison officer by the establishment to look after

the recruitment of persons with disabilities and provisions of

facilities and amenities for such employees.

Name & Designation of Liaison Officer Dr. Yogesh Kushwaha,

DMS (Admn).

The above policy covers applicants with disabilities for posts in the

LBSH, full time. part time employees, interns/trainees, Contractual

employees, including temporary employees. I| also covers those

employees who acquire disability during their work tenure. This

policy also applies lO all aspecis of employment, be it

recruitrnent, iraining, working conditions. salaries Iransters

employee benefits and career advancement. Review ot Policy

shall be undertaken at regular intervals.

The Equal opportunity Policy shall be reviewed regularly in order

to comply fime to time given directions of GOl and State Govt.

(Dr. I.P.Singh) DMS (A&E)

(Dr.S.B.Jarrgpdngi) DMS/HOo

(Dr.yogesh Kushwaha) DMS (Admn) ASBaue

(Dr. Sabrina Barua) (Dr. Sanjeev Kumar) DMS (Services) DMS (Quality Assurance)

(Dr.Sansay Agrawal) Medical Superintendent