Lok Sabha Question No. 2231 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Mobile Health Dispensaries
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2231 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY, 2017

## MOBILE HEALTH DISPEN SARIES

## 2231. SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  any  Central  Government run  Mobile  Health  Dispensaries  are proposed  to  be provided in the far - flung areas as well as in the areas inhabited by the poor in the country so as to enhancemedical and health services in these areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the total funds allocated to Uttar Pradesh so as to commence services of the above dispensaries in the State; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) to (c): Public health & hospitals being a  state subject, there is no proposal by the Government  to  run  Mobile  Health  Dispensaries.  However,  under  N HM  financial  &  technical support is provided to states to strengthen their health care system including for MMU/M for   far flung areas & areas inhabited by poor, based on their proposals from the st State/UT  wise  operational  status  of  Mobile Medical  Units  (MMUs)/  Mobile  Medical  Vans (MMVs) is given at Annexure.

An amount of Rs.45.22 lakh for the year 2016 - 17 & an amount of Rs. 5733.72 lakh for the 2017 - 18 was approved under NHM for the State of Uttar Pradesh for operationalization MMUs in the State.

| ANNEXURE   | ANNEXURE          | ANNEXURE                        |
|------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No     | State/UT          | No. of MMUsoperational underNHM |
| 1          | Bihar             | 6                               |
| 2          | Chattisgarh       | 0                               |
| 3          | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                               |
| 4          | Jammu &Kashmir    | 11                              |
| 5          | Jharkhand         | 95                              |
| 6          | Madhya Pradesh    | 74                              |
| 7          | Odisha            | 9                               |
| 8          | Rajasthan         | 206                             |
| 9          | Uttar Pradesh     | 0                               |
| 10         | Uttarakhand       | 6                               |
| 11         | Arunachal Pradesh | 16                              |
| 12         | Assam             | 50                              |
| 13         | Manipur           | 9                               |
| 14         | Meghalaya         | 4                               |
| 15         | Mizoram           | 9                               |
| 16         | Nagaland          | 11                              |
| 17         | Sikkim            | 4                               |
| 18         | Tripura           | 0                               |
| 19         | Andhra Pradesh    | 52                              |
| 20         | Goa               | 0                               |
| 21         | Gujarat           | 69                              |
| 22         | Haryana           | 9                               |
| 23         | Karnataka         | 68                              |
| 24         | Kerala            | 25                              |
| 25         | Maharashtra       | 40                              |
| 26         | Punjab            | 33                              |
| 27         | Tamil Nadu        | 407                             |
| 28         | Telangana         | 0                               |
| 29         | West Bengal       | 54                              |
| 30         | A &NIslands       | 0                               |
| 31         | Chandigarh        | 0                               |
| 32         | D &NHaveli        | 1                               |
| 33         | Daman &Diu        | 0                               |
| 34         | Delhi             | 2                               |
| 35         | Lakshadweep       | 0                               |
| 36         | Puducherry        | 4                               |
|            | TOTAL             | 1274                            |