Lok Sabha Question No. 6597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-06
Subject: District Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: George Baker, VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA, ANIL SHIROLE, SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6597 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH APRIL, 2018

## DISTRICT HOSPITALS

## 6597. SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI ANIL SHIROLE:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of number of district hospitals presently functioning in the country as on date, State/UT - wiseincluding West Bengal, Maharashtra and Gujarat;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal/received any proposals from the State/UTs for upgradation of their district hospitals into medical colleges;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise along wi th the action taken by the Government thereto;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is planning  to  allow  private  doctors  for teaching  in  the  said proposed medical colleges and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the time by which the said proposal is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): Health is a State subject and the subject 'Hospital'' also falls within the ambit of the State  Governments.  However,  as  per  Rural  Health  Statistics  2016 - 17,  the  number  of functioning District Hospitals as on 31.03.2017 is at Annexure - I .
- (b) & (c): This Mi nistry administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. Under Phase -I of the scheme,58 districts in 20 States/UT have been identified to establish new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals. Out of these, 56 have been approved till date. Funds to the tune of Rs.5253.42 crore have been released to the State/UT Governments the approved districts under the Scheme. The list of 58 identified Di stricts is at Annexure - II .

Under Phase - II of this Scheme,the requirement of 24 new medical colleges has been identified  for ensuring  the  availability  of  one  medical  college  in  every  3 Parliamentary Constituencies and one Government medical college in each Stat . The location of these 24 new Medical Colleges will be selected on Challenge Mode. The list of identified blocks Annexure - III .

(d) & (e): No.  However,  Consultant/Specialists  working  in  District  Hospitals  wit experience of more than 18 years with 4 Research Publication to be equated with Professor and with experience of more than 10 years with 2 Research Publications to be equated Associate Professor.

## Annexure - I

## NUMBER OF DISTRICT HOSPITAL FUNCTIONING (As on 31st March 2017 )

| S. No.   | State/UT             |   District Hospital (DH) |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh       |                        8 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                       18 |
| 3        | Assam                |                       25 |
| 4        | Bihar                |                       36 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh         |                       26 |
| 6        | Goa                  |                        2 |
| 7        | Gujarat              |                       22 |
| 8        | Haryana              |                       21 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh     |                       12 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir      |                       23 |
| 11       | Jharkhand            |                       23 |
| 12       | Karnataka            |                       32 |
| 13       | Kerala               |                       18 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh       |                       51 |
| 15       | Maharashtra          |                       23 |
| 16       | Manipur              |                        7 |
| 17       | Meghalaya            |                       12 |
| 18       | Mizoram              |                        9 |
| 19       | Nagaland             |                       11 |
| 20       | Odisha               |                       32 |
| 21       | Punjab               |                       22 |
| 22       | Rajasthan            |                       34 |
| 23       | Sikkim               |                        4 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu           |                       31 |
| 25       | Telangana            |                        7 |
| 26       | Tripura              |                        8 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand          |                       20 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh        |                      160 |
| 29       | West Bengal          |                       22 |
| 30       | A & N Islands        |                        3 |
| 31       | Chandigarh           |                        1 |
| 32       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                        1 |
| 33       | Daman & Diu          |                        2 |
| 34       | Delhi                |                       47 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep          |                        1 |
| 36       | Puducherry           |                        5 |
|          | All India/ Total     |                      779 |

## Annexure - II

## State - wise List of 58 identified New Medical Colleges under the Scheme

| S. N.   | State/UT          | No. of District/Referral Hospitals   | Districts                       |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | A & N Islands     | 1                                    | Port Blair                      |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                                    | Naharlagun                      |
|         |                   |                                      | Diphu                           |
|         |                   |                                      | D hubri                         |
| 3       | Assam             | 4                                    | Nagaon                          |
|         |                   |                                      | North Lakhimpur                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Purnia                          |
| 4       | Bihar             | 3                                    | Samastipur                      |
|         |                   |                                      | Saran(Chhapara)                 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 2                                    | Rajnandgaon Sarguja (Ambikapur) |
|         | Haryana           | 1                                    | Bhiwani                         |
| 6       |                   |                                      | Chamba Hamirpur                 |
| 7       | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                                    | Nahan (Sirmour)                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Dumka                           |
| 8       | Jharkhand         |                                      | Hazaribagh                      |
|         |                   | 3                                    |                                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Palamu Anantnag                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Baramull a                      |
| 9       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5                                    | Doda                            |
|         |                   |                                      | Kathua                          |
|         |                   |                                      | Rajouri                         |
|         |                   |                                      | Ch hindwara                     |
|         |                   |                                      | Datia                           |
|         |                   |                                      | Khandwa                         |
|         |                   | 7                                    |                                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Shivpuri                        |
|         |                   |                                      | Vidisha                         |
|         |                   |                                      | Gondia                          |
| 11      | Maharashtra       |                                      | West Garo Hills, Tura           |
| 13      |                   | 1                                    | Naga Hospital                   |
| 14      | Nagaland          |                                      | Balasore Baripada (Mayurbhanj)  |
|         | Odisha            | 5                                    | Bolangir                        |
| 15      |                   |                                      |                                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Puri                            |
|         |                   | 1                                    |                                 |
| 16      | Punjab            |                                      | SAS Nagar Sikar                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Barmer                          |
|         | Rajasthan         |                                      | Bhilwara                        |
|         |                   |                                      | Pali                            |
| 18      | West              | 5                                    | Birbhum Hat) Cooch behar        |
|         |                   |                                      | Bharatpur                       |
|         |                   |                                      | Dungarpur                       |
| 17      |                   |                                      | Churu                           |
|         |                   |                                      | (Rampur                         |
|         | Mizoram           |                                      |                                 |
|         | Madhya Pradesh    |                                      |                                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Ratlam                          |
| 10      |                   |                                      |                                 |
|         |                   | 7                                    |                                 |
|         |                   | 1                                    |                                 |
|         |                   | 1                                    |                                 |
|         |                   | 1                                    |                                 |
| 12      |                   |                                      |                                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Koraput                         |
|         | Meghalaya         |                                      |                                 |
|         |                   |                                      | Shahdol                         |
|         |                   |                                      | Falkawn                         |
|         | Bengal            |                                      |                                 |

|       |               |    | Diamond harbour , South 24 Paraganas Purulia Raiganj, North Dinajpur   |
|-------|---------------|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 19    | Uttar Pradesh |  5 | Faizabad Bahraich Basti Firozabad Shahj ahanpur                        |
| 20    | Uttarakhand   |  1 | Almora                                                                 |
| Total | Total         | 58 |                                                                        |

## List of 24 Blocks identified under Phase - II

| S. No.   | State          |    | Identified Blocks   | Parliamentary Constituencies covered under the Block   |
|----------|----------------|----|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Bihar          | 1. | Block- 1            | Sheohar                                                |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 1. | Block- 1            | Sitamarhi                                              |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 1. | Block- 1            | Madhubani                                              |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 2  | Block- 2            | Jhanjharpur                                            |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 2  | Block- 2            | Supaul                                                 |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 2  | Block- 2            | Araria                                                 |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 3  | Block- 3            | Vaishali                                               |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 3  | Block- 3            | Gopalganj                                              |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 3  | Block- 3            | Siwan                                                  |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 4  | Block- 4            | Pataliputra                                            |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 4  | Block- 4            | Arrah                                                  |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 4  | Block- 4            | Buxar                                                  |
| 1.       | Bihar          | 5  | Block- 5            | Jamui                                                  |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 6  | Block- 1            | Chatra                                                 |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 6  | Block- 1            | Kodarma                                                |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 6  | Block- 1            | Giridih                                                |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 7  | Block- 2            | Singhbhum                                              |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 7  | Block- 2            | Khunti                                                 |
| 2.       | Jharkhand      | 7  | Block- 2            | Lohardaga                                              |
| 3.       | Madhya Pradesh | 8  | Block- 1            | Damoh                                                  |
| 3.       | Madhya Pradesh | 8  | Block- 1            | Khajuraho                                              |
| 3.       | Madhya Pradesh | 8  | Block- 1            | Satna                                                  |
| 4.       | Odisha         | 9  | Block- 1            | Bhadrak                                                |
| 4.       | Odisha         | 9  | Block- 1            | Jajpur                                                 |
| 4.       | Odisha         | 9  | Block- 1            | Dhenkanal                                              |
| 5.       | Rajasthan      | 10 | Block- 1            | KarauliDholpur                                         |
| 5.       | Rajasthan      | 10 | Block- 1            | Dausa                                                  |
| 5.       | Rajasthan      | 10 | Block- 1            | Tonk-SawaiMadhopur                                     |
| 6.       | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Block- 1            | Etah                                                   |
|          | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Block- 1            | Badaun                                                 |
|          | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Block- 1            | Aonla                                                  |
|          | Uttar Pradesh  | 12 | Block- 2            | Hardoi                                                 |
|          | Uttar Pradesh  | 12 | Block- 2            | Misrikh                                                |
|          | Uttar Pradesh  | 12 | Block- 2            | Unnao                                                  |
|          |                | 13 | Block- 3            | Amethi                                                 |
|          |                | 13 | Block- 3            | Sultanpur                                              |
|          |                | 13 | Block- 3            | Pratapgarh                                             |
|          |                | 14 | Block- 4            | Fatehpur                                               |
|          |                | 14 | Block- 4            | Kaushambi                                              |
|          |                | 14 | Block- 4            | Phulpur                                                |
|          |                | 15 | Block- 5            | Sharavasti                                             |
|          |                | 15 | Block- 5            | Gonda                                                  |
|          |                |    |                     | Domariyaganj                                           |
|          |                | 16 | Block- 6            | Ghosi                                                  |
|          |                |    |                     | Salempur                                               |
|          |                |    |                     | Ballia                                                 |
|          |                | 17 | Block- 7            | Jaunpur                                                |
|          |                |    |                     | Machhlishahr                                           |
|          |                |    |                     | Ghazipur                                               |

## Annexure - III

|    |             | 18   | Block- 8   | Mirzapur    |
|----|-------------|------|------------|-------------|
|    |             |      |            | Robertsganj |
| 7. | West Bengal | 19   | Block- 1   | Dum Dum     |
|    |             |      |            | Barasat     |
|    |             |      |            | Barrackpur  |
|    |             | 20   | Block- 2   | Howrah      |
|    |             |      |            | Uluberia    |
|    |             |      |            | Serampore   |
|    |             | 21   | Block- 3   | Hooghly     |
|    |             |      |            | Arambagh    |
|    |             | 22   | Block- 4   | Kanthi      |
|    |             |      |            | Ghatal      |
|    |             |      |            | Jhargram    |
|    |             | 23   | Block- 5   | Tamluk      |
| 8. | Sikkim      | 24   | Block- 1   | Gangtok     |