Lok Sabha Question No. 183 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Palliative Care Units
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 183 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND FEBRUARY, 2018

## PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT S

## 183. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

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

- (a) the number of specialized palliative care units established in India during the last three years, State - wise;
- (b) the details of infrastructure available in such units, State - wise;
- (c) the funds allocated to i mprove infrastructure on the basis of National Palliative Care Strategy 2012, State/UTwise; and
- (d) whether palliative care has been included in the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum of medical schools in India, if so, the details thereof, if not, thereasons therefor?

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

(SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL

## )

- (a) to (c): Since health is a State subject, the data regarding the number of specialised care units is not maintained centrally.

National  Programme  for  Palliative  Care  implemented  under  the  National  Health  Missio (NHM)  is  part  of  the  'Mission  Flexipool'  of  NHM.  The  States/UTs  prepare  their  proposals related to Palliative Care and incorporate them in their respective Project Implementati to seek financial support under NHM. Details of funds provided to the States/UTs from 201 - 14 onwards till date under NPPC programme are annexed .

- (d): As per Medical Council of India's Regulations on Graduate Medical Education, 1997 and Postgraduate Medical Education, 2000, study on palliative care has not been included undergraduate  and  post - graduate curriculum.  However,  a  course  named  'MD  (Palliative Medicine)' has been included in the Schedule of Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000.

| Year 2013-14   | Year 2013-14   | Year 2013-14                 |
|----------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| S No.          | States/UTs     | Fund released (in Rs. Lakhs) |
| 1              | Maharashtra    | 42.30                        |
| 2              | Tamil Nadu     | 18.52                        |
| 3              | West Bengal    | 139.51                       |
| 4              | Odisha         | 117.02                       |
| 5              | Assam          | 14.80                        |
| 6              | Tripura        | 12.30                        |
| 7              | Nagaland       | 0.81                         |
| Total          | Total          | 345.26                       |

Year 2014-15 No proposal was received under the NPPC Programme during the year 2014-15

| Year 2015-16   | Year 2015-16   | Year 2015-16                 |
|----------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| S No.          | States/UTs     | Fund released (in Rs. Lakhs) |
| 1              | Maharashtra    | 184.57                       |
| 2              | Chhattisgarh   | 25.72                        |
| 3              | Telangana      | 211.45                       |
| 4              | Uttar Pradesh  | 196.80                       |
| Total          | Total          | 618.54                       |

| Year 2016-17   | Year 2016-17   | Year 2016-17                 |
|----------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| S No.          | States/UTs     | Fund released (in Rs. Lakhs) |
| 1              | Maharashtra    | 157.52                       |
| 2              | Tamil Nadu     | 318.15                       |
| 3              | Andhra Pradesh | 19.00                        |
| 4              | Telangana      | 201.40                       |
| 5              | Mizoram        | 35.85                        |
| 6              | Puducherry     | 37.41                        |
| 7              | Kerala         | 29.00                        |
| 8              | Uttar Pradesh  | 94.51                        |
| 9              | Tripura        | 43.20                        |
| 10             | Jammu &Kashmir | 117.91                       |
| 11             | Karnataka      | 106.80                       |
| 12             | Gujarat        | 2.60                         |
| 13             | West Bengal    | 267.99                       |
| Total          | Total          | 1436.74                      |

| Year 2017-18   | Year 2017-18      | Year 2017-18                 |
|----------------|-------------------|------------------------------|
| S No.          | States/UTs        | Fund released (in Rs. Lakhs) |
| 1              | Maharashtra       | 32.55                        |
| 2              | Tamil Nadu        | 256.48                       |
| 3              | Assam             | 84.50                        |
| 4              | Tripura           | 4.00                         |
| 5              | Nagaland          | 49.50                        |
| 6              | Andhra Pradesh    | 5.00                         |
| 7              | Mizoram           | 37.51                        |
| 8              | Puducherry        | 6.00                         |
| 9              | Kerala            | 70.00                        |
| 10             | Uttar Pradesh     | 24.20                        |
| 11             | Karnataka         | 90.40                        |
| 12             | Gujarat           | 31.50                        |
| 13             | Haryana           | 1.00                         |
| 14             | Chhattisgarh      | 56.40                        |
| 15             | Madhya Pradesh    | 8.00                         |
| 16             | Goa               | 34.77                        |
| 17             | Manipur           | 175.00                       |
| 18             | Arunachal Pradesh | 34.00                        |
| 19             | Sikkim            | 3.08                         |
| 20             | Himachal Pradesh  | 37.50                        |
| 21             | Rajasthan         | 16.00                        |
| 22             | Uttarakhand       | 52.50                        |
| Total          | Total             | 1109.89                      |