Lok Sabha Question No. 3083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-05
Subject: Deaths of Children in Gorakhpur Hospital
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTI ON NO. 3083 TO BE ANSWERED ON   5 TH JANUARY, 2018

## DEATHS OF CHILDREN I N GORAKHPUR HOSPITAL

## 3083. DR. ANSHUL VERMA:

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

- (a) whether several children died in Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College and Hospital Gorakhpur recently and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government run hospitals a re equipped with all the required infrastructure in th country, if so, the details thereof, State -wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the details of funds sanctioned, released and utilised by the States/UTs for the devel infrastructure therein du ring each of the last three years, State/ UT -wise; and
- (d) the total number of hospitals upgraded/modernised in the country, State/ UT - wise including Uttar Pradesh and the steps taken by the Government to further improve the functioning of hospital s?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): Baba Raghav Das (B.R.D.) Hospital, Gorakhpur is a high case load tertiary care fac and providing specialist health care and referral se vices to the region. Children with serious illness are being admitted in this hospital, referred from the surrounding districts an often reaching late, causing mortality amongst some of these children.
- (b) to (d) : Health being a state subject, Under National Health Mission, MoHFW is providing technical and financial support to the States/ UTs based on their Annual Implementation Plan.

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The  support  for  infrastructure  strengthening  and  up - gradation,  equipment  procurement  and maint enance is provided as per the annual Program Implementation Plan received from Stat UTs.

Contd………..

The  detail  of  fund  approved  and  utilised  by  the  States/UTs  for  the  development infrastructure therein during each of the last three years, Sta te/ UT - wise is placed at Annexure - 1.

Approval  has  been given  for  new  construction  of 32,497  health  facilities  and renovation/up -gradation works of 39,324 health facilities under National Health Mission s inception.  Further, Ministry  of  Health  is  providing  technical  support  to  state  governmen including Uttar Pradesh in developing Model Health Districts based on the proposals rec from the states. The list of districts under Model Health District initiative is Placed at A nnex- 2.

A communication has been sent by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to all the States/ UTs including Uttar Pradesh regarding improving the quality of newborn ser and to propose need based proposal for augmenting infrastructure, ca pacity building, equipment maintenance and ensure uninterrupted supply of essential medicines.

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Annexure1

Statement Showing the State/UTs wise State Program Implementation Plan- Approval & Utilization under Hospital Strengthening and New Constructions/ Renovation and Setting up from the F.Y. 2014-15 to 2016-17

| S.No.                |                   |          |         |          |         | Rs. In crore   | Rs. In crore   |
|----------------------|-------------------|----------|---------|----------|---------|----------------|----------------|
|                      | State             | 2014-15  | 2014-15 | 2015-16  | 2015-16 | 2016-17        | 2016-17        |
|                      |                   | Approval | Exp     | Approval | Exp     | Approval       | Exp            |
| A. High Focus States |                   |          |         |          |         |                |                |
| 1                    | Bihar             | 80.73    | 39.87   | 53.32    | 41.22   | 124.05         | 45.02          |
| 2                    | Chattisgarh       | 48.79    | 104.63  | 29.48    | 121.65  | 39.71          | 121.48         |
| 3                    | Himachal Pradesh  | 6.55     | 8.72    | 37.22    | 31.25   | 38.49          | 38.56          |
| 4                    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 118.77   | 123.77  | 49.97    | 65.38   | 27.06          | 37.73          |
| 5                    | Jharkhand         | 36.58    | 29.03   | 24.21    | 47.29   | 48.62          | 0.29           |
| 6                    | Madhya Pradesh    | 58.83    | 72.94   | 115.74   | 187.14  | 205.12         | 176.38         |
| 7                    | Orissa            | 150.88   | 191.65  | 162.95   | 184.55  | 289.99         | 180.01         |
| 8                    | Rajasthan         | 298.31   | 236.11  | 312.14   | 276.29  | 297.15         | 192.98         |
| 9                    | Uttar Pradesh     | 68.92    | 353.94  | 541.76   | 587.02  | 305.55         | 566.41         |
| 10                   | Uttarakhand       | 14.57    | 15.49   | 2.94     | 12.29   | 16.55          | 3.22           |
|                      | Sub Total         | 882.94   | 1176.17 | 1329.73  | 1554.08 | 1392.29        | 1362.06        |
| B. NE States         |                   |          |         |          |         |                |                |
| 11                   | Arunachal Pradesh | 20.24    | 8.45    | 25.42    | 55.91   | 17.91          | 38.02          |
| 12                   | Assam             | 158.99   | 81.01   | 169.71   | 185.24  | 135.70         | 115.16         |
| 13                   | Manipur           | 9.50     | 19.12   | 7.64     | 12.34   | 17.09          | 3.89           |
| 14                   | Meghalaya         | 15.42    | 15.84   | 26.85    | 19.59   | 6.51           | 21.03          |
| 15                   | Mizoram           | 1.44     | 0.00    | 2.12     | 0.76    | 0.03           | 0.97           |
| 16                   | Nagaland          | 6.82     | 1.90    | 7.65     | 0.10    | 1.18           | 3.82           |
| 17                   | Sikkim            | 3.45     | 3.38    | 4.77     | 1.87    | 1.61           | 3.72           |

| 18                       | Tripura                                         | 21.62                 | 30.06       | 4.59             | 5.70                | 10.10                   | 11.76            |
|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
|                          | Sub Total                                       | 237.46                | 159.74      | 248.75           | 281.51              | 190.11                  | 198.36           |
| C. Non-High Focus States |                                                 |                       |             |                  |                     |                         |                  |
| 19                       | Andhra Pradesh                                  | 106.32                | 120.70      | 104.40           | 74.57               | 12.43                   | 65.03            |
| 20                       | Goa                                             | 1.66                  | 0.08        | 0.19             | 0.02                | 0.07                    | 0.02             |
| 21                       | Gujarat                                         | 103.78                | 53.91       | 76.23            | 117.96              | 0.05                    | 114.30           |
| 22                       | Haryana                                         | 9.05                  | 5.18        | 8.81             | 0.85                | 2.37                    | 6.09             |
| 23                       | Karnataka                                       | 105.33                | 91.07       | 84.09            | 85.88               | 116.14                  | 33.74            |
| 24                       | Kerala                                          | 51.56                 | 32.69       | 46.32            | 48.84               | 35.23                   | 37.22            |
| 25                       | Maharashtra                                     | 139.30                | 64.30       | 174.40           | 82.39               | 93.12                   | 76.84            |
| 26                       | Punjab                                          | 8.43                  | 27.50       | 38.19            | 43.05               | 30.00                   | 45.35            |
| 27                       | Tamil Nadu                                      | 216.82                | 474.92      | 149.25           | 208.70              | 137.73                  | 215.21           |
| 28                       | Telangana                                       | 90.97                 | 60.67       | 22.50            | 24.60               | 9.01                    | 13.03            |
| 29                       | West Bengal                                     | 81.73                 | 84.04       | 46.55            | 145.13              | 14.78                   | 131.59           |
|                          | Sub Total                                       | 914.96                | 1015.05     | 750.92           | 831.99              | 450.93                  | 738.42           |
| D. Small States/UTs      |                                                 |                       |             |                  |                     |                         |                  |
| 30                       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                       | 0.25                  | 0.92        | 0.45             | 0.00                | 1.84                    | 0.65             |
| 31                       | Chandigarh                                      | 0.00                  | 0.00        | 0.00             | 0.00                | 0.00                    | 0.00             |
| 32                       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                            | 0.00                  | 0.00        | 0.13             | 0.00                | 0.00                    | 0.00             |
| 33                       | Daman & Diu                                     | 0.03                  | 0.01        | 0.05             | 0.01                | 0.05                    | 0.00             |
| 34                       | Delhi                                           | 60.77                 | 64.51       | 3.00             | 16.68               | 35.00                   | 3.06             |
| 35                       | Lakshadweep                                     | 0.00                  | 0.00        | 0.00             | 0.00                | 0.04                    | 0.00             |
| 36                       | Puducherry                                      | 0.09                  | 0.05        | 0.05             | 0.06                | 0.00                    | 0.07             |
|                          | Sub Total                                       | 61.14                 | 65.49       | 3.68             | 16.75               | 36.92                   | 3.78             |
| Note: Above mentioned    | Grand Total Utilization figures are as reported | 2096.51 by States/UTs | 2416.46 and | 2333.07 includes | 2684.33 expenditure | 2070.25 against Central | 2302.63 Release, |

## District Hospitals included in the M odel Health District initiative.

The List of States and Districts that have been included in the Model Health District init as below:

|   S. No. | State            | Intervention District        | Collaborative District                                                          |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Guntur                       | Visakhapatnam, Anantpur                                                         |
|        2 | Assam            | Kamrup (Rural)               | Nagaon                                                                          |
|        3 | Bihar            | Aurangabad, Jehanabad        | Banka, East Champaran, Araria, Madhubani, Bhojpur, Sitamarhi, Vaishali, Saharsa |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh     | Raipur                       | Jaspur, Durg, Bijapur                                                           |
|        5 | Himachal Pradesh | Kangra                       | Sirmaur                                                                         |
|        6 | Jammu            | Jammu                        | Kathua                                                                          |
|        7 | Kashmir          | Srinagar                     | Anantnag                                                                        |
|        8 | Jharkhand        | East Singhbhoom (Jamshedpur) | Gumla                                                                           |
|        9 | M.P              | Sagar                        | Satna                                                                           |
|       10 | Maharashtra      | Chandrapur                   | Sindhudurg                                                                      |
|       11 | Manipur          | Thoubal                      | Churachandpur                                                                   |
|       12 | Meghalaya        | West Garo Hills              | West Khasi Hills                                                                |
|       13 | Nagaland         | Mokokchung                   | Wokha                                                                           |
|       14 | Odisha           | Kandhamal                    | Gajapati, Bhubneshwar (Capital hospital), Sundergarh                            |
|       15 | Rajasthan        | Udaipur                      | Banswara, Chittorgarh                                                           |
|       16 | Sikkim           | Singtam                      | Namchi                                                                          |
|       17 | Tamil Nadu       | Krishnagiri                  | Pudukottai                                                                      |
|       18 | Telangana        | Medak                        | Mahboobnagar                                                                    |
|       19 | Tripura          | Gomati                       | Dhalai                                                                          |
|       20 | U.P              | Varanasi                     | Sonbhadra, Kannauj                                                              |
|       21 | Uttarakhand      | Haridwar                     | Udham Singh Nagar                                                               |