Lok Sabha Question No. 3890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: Health Services in India
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, Shrirang Appa Barne, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3890 th

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 MARCH, 2017

## HEALTH SERVICES IN I NDIA

## 3890. SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

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

- (a)  whether  the  plethora  of  issues which  ishovering  around  the  healthcare sector  leads  to increase in burden of communicable and non - communicablediseases;
- (b) if so, whether the health sector is facing challenges such as lack of Primary Health Centre, inadequate medical personnels, less Government spending, abysmal condition of hospitals, lack of medical colleges and research centres, over focused on specific diseases, lack of regulatory mechanism and inadequate insurance coverage;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the G overnment thereon; and
- (d)  whether  measures  such  as deployment  of  doctors,  ASHA  and  ANM with  incentives  and better provision, universal health coverage, regulatory mechanism for supervision and monitoring and creation awareness about the health issues, in surance, and hygienic lifestyles to public have been taken by the Government and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a): There are multiple factors including lifestyles that influence the burden of disease. The burden of communicable diseases has been declining. The focus of the Government is to pro accessible,  affordable  and  accountable  quality  healthcare  facilities  to  all  sections especially th e marginalized sections in the country.
- (b)to(d) : While there are   multiple challenges, the availability of Primary Health Cen human resources, number of medical colleges and medical seats, have been improving.

Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibility to a healthcare challenges is that of State Governments. However, under National Health Missi (NHM), financial and technical support is provided to States/UTs to strength en their healthcare systems  including  support  for  strengthening  health  infrastructure,  deployment  of  med personnel,  ASHAs,  creating  awareness  about  health  issues  and  lifestyles,  and  supp movement towards Universal Health Coverage.

The  Central  Gov ernment  has  enacted  the  Clinical  Establishment  (Registration  and Regulation)  Act,  2010  and  also  notified  Clinical  Establishments  Rules  2012  to  provid legislative  framework  for  the  registration  and  regulation  of  clinical  establishments country  and also  seeks  to  improve  the  quality  health  services  by  prescribing  minimum standards of facilities and services which may be provided.

The Government has also taken steps for strengthening and upgrading district hospit and making available tertiary he lth care services in the public sector through strengthening o hospitals,  establishment  of  AIIMS  institutions  in  the  States  and  up - gradation  of  existing Government medical colleges across the country.

With regard to increasing awareness about the hea lth issues, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regularly releases print advertisement and TV and radio spots National/regional media for generating awareness among population about various Health a Family  Welfare  issues  and  programmes  of  Minist ry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare.  These include  Mission  Indradhanush,  World  Health  Day,  World  No  Tobacco  Day,  Yoga  Day, Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight, World Population Day, Breastfeeding, Tuberculos etc.

The  Government  has  formulated  the  Nati on l  Health  Policy  2017  which  has  laid emphasis  on  the  role  of  the  Government  in  regulation,  governance,  and  quality  assura healthcare infrastructure and in leveraging information technology. The policy also env raising public health expenditure to 2.5% of the GDP in a time bound manner.