Lok Sabha Question No. 4954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Quality Assurance Committee
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SUBHASH PATEL, DHARAM VIRA GANDHI, BHARATI DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4954 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST MARCH, 2017

## QUALITY ASSURANCE CO MMITTEE

## 4954. SHRI SUBHASH PATEL: SHRI DHARAM VIRA: DR. BHARATIBEN D. SHYAL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Quality  Assurance Committee  (QAC)  and  the  District  Quality Assurance Committee (DQAC) has been set up in every State and District as per the dir ctio ns given by the HonourableSupreme Court in Ramakant Rai and Devika Biswas case;
- (b) if so, the details and necessary particulars of each member of the QAC and DQAC;
- (c) whether the incident audit is conducted by the Government or any State/ UT Government with respect to sterilization deaths and if so, the details in this regard including the steps taken by theGovernment against the doctors or people invo ved in the sterilization procedure for the death of a patient or any failure, other complic ation connected with the sterilization;
- (d) whether the Annual Report repared by the QAC indicates the details of l inquiries held and remedial steps taken as directed by Honourable Supreme Court judgement and if so, the details in this regard;
- (e)  wh ether  the  QAC  has  published an  Annual  Report  containing  not  only  the statistical information as earlier directed, but also non - statistical information in the form of a report card indicating the meetings held, decisions taken, work done and the achievement s of the year etc.; and
- (f) whether the first such Annual Report covering the calendar year 2016 is published on the websites mentioned above on or before 31st March, 2017 and if so, the details therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) & (b): Yes. Quality Assurance Committees (QAC) have been set - up in every state and district as per the directions given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

The  quality assurance  committee  comprises  of  15  members  at  the  state  level  and  12 members at the district level. State wise details and necessary particulars are availa National Health Mission website.

(c): The District Quality Assurance Committees (DQACs) conduct incident audit with respect to  deaths,  failure  or  complications  following  sterilization.  The  audit  report  elicit actions initiated for correction as per recommendations of the committees.

(d) to (f): The  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  dir ected  Government  of  India  and  State/  UT Governments to publish Annual report containing not only the statistical information, b non- statistical information on meetings held, decisions taken, work done and the achieveme the year etc. The Minist ry of Health and Family Welfare taking cognizance of the order has se letters to all State Governments and has conducted dissemination workshops in states to them on the steps to be taken to implement directions of the Hon'ble Supreme court. Comp lying to the same, the states have uploaded non - statistical  information of the list and particulars empaneled service providers on their State websites which are also linked to the National Health Mission portal.