Lok Sabha Question No. 2958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Kidney related Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA, VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2958 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd AUGUST, 2018

## KIDNEY RELATED DISEA SES

## 2958. SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of steep rise in the number of kidney related dis ase in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the number of patients reported with kidney failure in the Government hospitals in the country during the last two years, year and State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that the dialysis facilities are very costly and inaccessible to ordinary patients; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with the  number  of  hospitals/dispensaries having  dialysis facilities in various States/ UTs of the country at present?

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

- (a) & (b): Nationwide  scientific  estimation  of  number  of  patients  of  Chronic  Kidne Diseases  (CKD)  has  not  been  carried  out.    However,  in  some  of  the  small  population  b studies, prevalence was found to be 0.79% in North India and 0.16% in South India.
- (c)  & (d): Government  is  aware  that  dialysis  treatment  is  costly,  but  it  varies  a facilities.

While Health is a State subject, the Central Government supplements the efforts of Government in providing Tertiary Health Care including for Dialysis facilities. In addition to such facilities provided by the State Government Health Institutions, facility for Dialys available  in  many  Central  Government  Hospitals,  free  of  cost  or  at  affordable  rates  f patients.  Further,  health ins itutions  supported  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Swasthya  Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) enhance the tertiary care facilities in the country including for Chronic Diseases.

Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP) was rolled out in 2016. Support under NHM is being provided to State/UTs for dialysis services free of cost to the poor PMNDP.  Such  support  is  based  on  the  proposals  received  from  States/UTs  in  their  ann Programme Implementation Plans (PI Ps).

The details of patients and dialysis sessions held under PMNDP are at Annexure.

National  Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  of  Cancer,  Diabetes,  Cardiovascula Diseases  and  Stroke  (NPCDCS)  is  implemented  for  interventions  up  to  District  level  u er National Health Mission. NPCDCS has a focus on awareness generation for behavior and li -style changes, screening and early diagnosis of persons with high level of risk factors referral to high facilities for appropriate management of NCDs in cluding CKD.

Further,  for  early  diagnosis,    population  level  initiative  for  prevention,  con screening  for  common  Non - Communicable  Diseases  including  diabetes  and  hypertension, which are the biological risk factors of CKD, has been rolled out in over 150 districts of the country in 2017 - 18 under NHM, as a part of comprehensive primary healthcare.

## Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (Govt. Of India)

## National Consolidated View: Till date Report Date : 02 Aug 2018

ANNEXURE

| S.No.   | State/UT                    |   Patients (in nos till date) |   Dialysis sessions held (in nos till date) |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman And Nicobar Islands |                          1310 |                                       11836 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              |                         30801 |                                      438579 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           |                             0 |                                           0 |
| 4       | Assam                       |                             0 |                                           0 |
| 5       | Bihar                       |                          7437 |                                       54683 |
| 6       | Chandigarh                  |                            53 |                                         665 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh                |                           234 |                                        1445 |
| 8       | Dadra And Nagar Haveli      |                           190 |                                       10915 |
| 9       | Daman And Diu               |                            34 |                                        3906 |
| 10      | Delhi                       |                         11435 |                                      101104 |
| 11      | Goa                         |                          5665 |                                       44247 |
| 12      | Gujarat                     |                         77829 |                                      702255 |
| 13      | Haryana                     |                          1187 |                                        4112 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh            |                          5579 |                                       39530 |
| 15      | Jammu And Kashmir           |                          4519 |                                       13782 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                   |                           321 |                                        3504 |
| 17      | Karnataka                   |                         40228 |                                      272520 |
| 18      | Kerala                      |                          2676 |                                      168276 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep                 |                             8 |                                         444 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh              |                           739 |                                       66931 |
| 21      | Maharashtra                 |                          7597 |                                      111606 |
| 22      | Manipur                     |                          2699 |                                        6130 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                   |                            26 |                                         106 |
| 24      | Mizoram                     |                           735 |                                        6314 |
| 25      | Nagaland                    |                           156 |                                        1338 |
| 26      | Odisha                      |                          4206 |                                       18443 |
| 27      | Puducherry                  |                          5688 |                                        6172 |
| 28      | Punjab                      |                         12245 |                                       39031 |
| 29      | Rajasthan                   |                          2841 |                                       20138 |
| 30      | Sikkim                      |                           248 |                                        4741 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu                  |                         22004 |                                      172571 |
| 32      | Telangana                   |                          2872 |                                       51834 |
| 33      | Tripura                     |                           389 |                                        9916 |
| 34      | Uttarakhand                 |                          4786 |                                       40486 |
| 35      | Uttar Pradesh               |                           302 |                                       10511 |
| 36      | West Bengal                 |                         34808 |                                      201591 |
|         |                             |                        291847 |                                     2639662 |