Lok Sabha Question No. 197 (STARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: George Baker, Richard Hay

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 197 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 T H JULY , 2017 BLOOD BANKS

## *197. SHRI GEORGE BAKER: PROF. RICHARD HAY:

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

- (a) the number of National Blood Banks across the country, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether 81 districts spread across 17 States do not have a single blood so, the reasons therefor and the corrective me asures taken by the Government to address the situation;
- (c) whether the Government is planning to open National Bone Bank on the lin National Blood Bank across the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which it is likely t o be opened and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the concrete steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

- (a)to ( e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 197* FOR 28 TH JULY, 2017

(a) The number of licensed blood banks across the country is 2903; Stat e/UT-wise detail is at Annexure .

(b) There  are  74  districts  across  the  country  which  do  not  have  blood  ban district level. These districts are spread across 14 States and one Union Ter

It  is  Government of India's policy that all States set up at least one blood bank  per  district. Public  Health  is  a  State  subject  and  it  is  primarily responsibility of the State Governments to ensure equitable access to safe The  districts  are  administrative  units  which  are  being  carved  out  becau divisional re - organization and ,therefo re ,there is incongruity between the numbers of blood banks and districts. The requirement of blood in these States and managed  through  blood  storage  centres  and  adjoining  district  blood  ba Regulation has been amended to permit transfer of bloo d and components between blood  banks.  Mobile  blood  collection  vans  and  blood  transportation  vans been provided to States to facilitate blood transfer.

Under National Health Mission, support has been provided to 12 States set up of 56 district blood banks through construction, manpower and equip grant.

(c)to (e ) Bone, being a tissue ,comes under the purview of Transplant of Human Organs Act and hence Bone Bank cannot be set up on the lines of blood ba across the country.

Infrastructure and equipments for Bone Bank are in place at National Or Tissue and Transplant Organization , New Delhi ,and it is likely to be opened after completion of registration.

| S.NO   | NAME OF STATE        | Public including Govt. Blood Banks   | Private including charitable trust   |   Annexure TOTAL |
|--------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar    | 02                                   | Blood Bank 01                        |               03 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh       | 32                                   | 118                                  |              150 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh    | 09                                   | 01                                   |               10 |
| 4      | Assam                | 38                                   | 30                                   |               68 |
| 5      | Bihar                | 35                                   | 41                                   |               76 |
| 6      | Chandigarh           | 03                                   | 01                                   |               04 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh         | 27                                   | 40                                   |               67 |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                                    | 01                                   |               01 |
| 9      | Daman & Diu          | 01                                   | 01                                   |               02 |
| 10     | NCT of Delhi         | 23                                   | 46                                   |               69 |
| 11.    | Goa                  | 03                                   | 04                                   |               07 |
| 12     | Gujarat              | 28                                   | 117                                  |              145 |
| 13     | Haryana              | 26                                   | 64                                   |               90 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     | 19                                   | 03                                   |               22 |
| 15     | Jammu & Kashmir      | 25                                   | 04                                   |               29 |
| 16     | Jharkhand            | 27                                   | 22                                   |               49 |
| 17     | Karnataka            | 40                                   | 160                                  |              200 |
| 18     | Kerala               | 41                                   | 127                                  |              168 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep          | 01                                   | 00                                   |               01 |
| 20 *   | Madhya Pradesh       | 54                                   | 90                                   |              144 |
| 21     | Maharashtra          | 74                                   | 254                                  |              328 |
| 22     | Manipur              | 04                                   | 01                                   |               05 |
| 23     | Meghalaya            | 05                                   | 02                                   |               07 |
| 24     | Mizoram              | 08                                   | 02                                   |               10 |
| 25     | Nagaland             | 05                                   | -                                    |               05 |
| 26     | Odisha               | 63                                   | 20                                   |               83 |
| 27     | Pondicherry          | 05                                   | 12                                   |               17 |
| 28     | Punjab               | 49                                   | 57                                   |              106 |
| 29     | Rajasthan            | 52                                   | 63                                   |              115 |
| 30     | Sikkim               | 02                                   | 01                                   |               03 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu           | 98                                   | 193                                  |              291 |
| 32     | Telangana            | 27                                   | 134                                  |              161 |
| 33     | Tripura              | 10                                   | 02                                   |               12 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh        | 104                                  | 190                                  |              294 |
| 35     | Uttarkhand           | 21                                   | 12                                   |               33 |
| 36     | West Bengal          | 82                                   | 46                                   |              128 |
|        | Total                | 1043                                 | 1860                                 |             2903 |