Lok Sabha Question No. 1762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Sterilisation
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, FAIZAL P.P. MOHAMMED

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1762 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## STERILISATION

## 1762. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: MOHAMMED FAIZAL:

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

(a) whether the Government is aware that botched sterilisation surgeries in 2015- 16 claimed at least 113 lives and the death rate is at par with countries such as Bangladesh and Indonesia, if so, the details thereof, State -wise;

(b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government to  prevent  botched  sterilisation  surgery deaths  and  to improve India's ranking in the Human Development Report;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware thatsterilisation  camps  are  being  organised in  an unhygienic  manner  in  the  country leading  to  health  problems,  if  so,  the  number of  deaths reported due to this in the country during the last three years;

(d) whether Supreme Court has taken a serious view of t his and stressed the need to strengthen the Primary Health Centres in a time framed manner for this purpose; and

(e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps taken  or  guidelines  issued  by  Government in  this regard?

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

(a): Yes. The State wise details of the deaths due to sterilization surgeries in 2015 - 16  is  placed at Annexure.

(b): The steps taken by the Government includes:

- Upd ation of guidelines on standards and quality assurance in sterilization services.
- Dissemination of the standards to all States/UTs of India through workshops conducted in the for  program managers as well as service providers
- Establishment and stre ngthening of State and District Quality Assurance committees for monitorin quality of sterilization services.
- Meetings  from  time  to  time  with  health  secretaries  of  States/UTs  on  action  taken  repor maintaining quality in family planning services.
- Regular monitoring visits and tracking through Health Management Information System.

(c) to (e): Quality in sterilization services is a dynamic process with new technologies and pro for infection prevention being incorporated from time to time to mi nimize health problems.

Supreme court has therefore stressed the need to strengthen the Primary Health Centers in a tim bound manner for this purpose.

The Government has accordingly issued detailed guidelines, dated 4 th Oct 2016, incorporating the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, to all States/UTs for taking strategic actions in this regard.

## State wise details of the sterilization deaths in2015-16

| SNo.   | State                |   2015- 16 |
|--------|----------------------|------------|
| 1      | A &N Islands         |          0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh       |         14 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh    |          0 |
| 4      | Assam                |          1 |
| 5      | Bihar                |         14 |
| 6      | Chandigarh           |          0 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh         |          0 |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |          0 |
| 9      | Daman & Diu          |          0 |
| 10     | Delhi                |          0 |
| 11     | Goa                  |          0 |
| 12     | Gujarat              |          5 |
| 13     | Haryana              |          3 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     |          0 |
| 15     | Jammu & Kashmir      |          0 |
| 16     | Jharkhand            |          2 |
| 17     | Karnataka            |         12 |
| 18     | Kerala               |          0 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep          |          0 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh       |         13 |
| 21     | Maharashtra          |         19 |
| 22     | Manipur              |          0 |
| 23     | Meghalaya            |          0 |
| 24     | Mizoram              |          0 |
| 25     | Nagaland             |          0 |
| 26     | Orissa               |          6 |
| 27     | Puducherry           |          0 |
| 28     | Punjab               |          1 |
| 29     | Rajasthan            |          3 |
| 30     | Sikkim               |          0 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu           |         13 |
| 32     | Telangana            |          4 |
| 33     | Tripura              |          0 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh        |          1 |
| 35     | Uttarakhand          |          1 |
| 36     | West Bengal          |          1 |
| Total  | Total                |        113 |

## Annexure