Lok Sabha Question No. 3257 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-04
Subject: Shortage of Ambulances in Rural Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3257 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH AUGUST , 2017

## SHORTAG E OF AMBULANCES IN R URAL AREAS

## 3257. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

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

- (a) whether a large number of deaths have been reported due to non - availability of ambulances during emergency in rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of such deaths in rural areas during the last three years and the current State/UT - wise including Chhattisgarh;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  hightech  ambulance  for  giving  immediat support to the patients in emergency in the rural areas; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a)to (c) : Public health and hospitals being a State subject,  such data is not main centrally.
- (d) & (e) : Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibil provide healthcare including ambulance services lies with the respective State Governm However,  under  the  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  technical  and  financial  supp ort  is provided  to  States/UTs  to  strengthen  their  healthcare  systems  including  support ambulance  services  including  Advance  Life  Support  (ALS)  ambulances,  based  on  the proposals made by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs).

State/UT - wise  details  of  ambulances  (usually  Dial - 108/Dial - 102)  andem paneled vehicles under NHM are at Annexure .

## Ambulances Operational under NHM (as on March 2017)

| Sl.no.   | State/UTs         |   Dial 108 |   Dial 102/104 |   Other patients transport vehicle (empaneled) |   Total Ambulance under NHM |
|----------|-------------------|------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Bihar             |         10 |            744 |                                             94 |                         848 |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh      |        238 |            359 |                                              0 |                         597 |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh  |        199 |            125 |                                              0 |                         324 |
| 4        | Jammu & Kashmir   |          0 |            331 |                                              0 |                         331 |
| 5        | Jharkhand         |          0 |              0 |                                           2657 |                        2657 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh    |        606 |              0 |                                            820 |                        1426 |
| 7        | Orissa            |        420 |            475 |                                              0 |                         895 |
| 8        | Rajasthan         |        637 |            588 |                                              0 |                        1225 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh     |       1488 |           2270 |                                              0 |                        3758 |
| 10       | Uttarakhand       |        139 |            109 |                                              0 |                         248 |
| 11       | Arunachal Pradesh |          0 |             94 |                                              0 |                          94 |
| 12       | Assam             |        380 |            316 |                                            235 |                         931 |
| 13       | Manipur           |          0 |             43 |                                              0 |                          43 |
| 14       | Meghalaya         |         43 |              0 |                                              0 |                          43 |
| 15       | Mizoram           |          0 |             60 |                                              0 |                          60 |
| 16       | Nagaland          |          0 |             80 |                                              0 |                          80 |
| 17       | Sikkim            |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                           0 |
| 18       | Tripura           |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                           0 |
| 19       | Andhra Pradesh    |        439 |              0 |                                              0 |                         439 |
| 20       | Goa               |         32 |              0 |                                              4 |                          36 |
| 21       | Gujarat           |        406 |              0 |                                              0 |                         406 |
| 22       | Haryana           |          0 |            364 |                                              0 |                         364 |
| 23       | Karnataka         |        711 |              0 |                                            200 |                         911 |
| 24       | Kerala            |         43 |              6 |                                              0 |                          49 |
| 25       | Maharashtra       |        937 |           2674 |                                              0 |                        3611 |
| 26       | Punjab            |        242 |              0 |                                              0 |                         242 |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu        |        755 |              0 |                                              0 |                         755 |
| 28       | Telangana         |        316 |              0 |                                              0 |                         316 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |          0 |              0 |                                           2664 |                        2664 |
| 30       | A&N Island        |          0 |              1 |                                              0 |                           1 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        |          6 |              9 |                                              0 |                          15 |
| 32       | D&N Haveli        |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                           0 |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       |          3 |              4 |                                              0 |                           7 |
| 34       | Delhi             |          0 |            220 |                                              0 |                         220 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                           0 |
| 36       | Puducherry        |         11 |              0 |                                              0 |                          11 |
|          | All India         |       8061 |           8872 |                                           6674 |                       23607 |

## Annexure