Lok Sabha Question No. 4515 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Neonatal Facility in Government Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Tirath Singh Rawat

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4515 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH MARCH, 2020

## NEONATAL FACILITY IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

## 4515. SHRI TIRATH SINGH RAWAT:

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

- (a) the number of Government Hospitals in the coun ry that have neonatal facility at present;
- (b) the number of districts in the country which have the said facility along with the State/UT wise details thereof; and
- (c) the time by which these hospitals are likely to be equipped with neonatal facility in each district of the country in case the said facility is not available therein?

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

- (a) &(b): As per the reports received from the States/UTs, there are 887 Special Newb Care  Units  (SNCU),  2421  Newborn  Stabilization  Units  (NBSU)  and  20,33 6  Newborn  Care Corners  (NBCC)  in  Government  hospitals  across  the  country.  There  are  602  districts Special Newborn Care Units. The State/UT wise details are  at Annexure.
- (c): Government of India under Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescen t health and Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) programme of National Health Mission is supporting establishment of Special Newborn Care Units (SNCU), Newborn Stabilization Units (NBSU) and  Newborn Care Corners (NBCC) as per Facility Based Newborn Care guideline.

The support to States /UTs is provided for infrastructure, equipment, operational human resource, trainings and monitoring & review for Facility Based Newborn Care based the proposal received in annual Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) of St ates /UTs.

| Sr. No   | State/UTs            |   Number of SNCUs in the State |   Number of districts with Special Newborn Care Units |   NBSUs |   NBCCs |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| 1        | Bihar                |                             43 |                                                    38 |      41 |     708 |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh         |                             23 |                                                    22 |     157 |    1249 |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh     |                             15 |                                                    10 |       6 |     124 |
| 4        | Jharkhand            |                             19 |                                                    18 |      42 |     594 |
| 5        | Madhya Pradesh       |                             54 |                                                    50 |      62 |    1303 |
| 6        | Odisha               |                             40 |                                                    30 |      45 |     730 |
| 7        | Rajasthan            |                             60 |                                                    33 |     287 |    2065 |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh        |                             81 |                                                    67 |     180 |    1820 |
| 9        | Uttarakhand          |                              5 |                                                     5 |      29 |     129 |
| 10       | Arunachal Pradesh    |                              5 |                                                     5 |       4 |     112 |
| 11       | Assam                |                             28 |                                                    26 |     146 |     922 |
| 12       | Manipur              |                              5 |                                                     3 |       4 |      78 |
| 13       | Meghalaya            |                              5 |                                                     4 |      17 |     130 |
| 14       | Mizoram              |                              5 |                                                     5 |       1 |     124 |
| 15       | Nagaland             |                              3 |                                                     3 |      16 |     131 |
| 16       | Sikkim               |                              2 |                                                     2 |       3 |      44 |
| 17       | Tripura              |                              6 |                                                     4 |       8 |     109 |
| 18       | Andhra Pradesh       |                             47 |                                                    13 |      95 |    1306 |
| 19       | Goa                  |                              3 |                                                     2 |       1 |      10 |
| 20       | Gujarat              |                             46 |                                                    30 |     150 |    1641 |
| 21       | Haryana              |                             29 |                                                    22 |      66 |     318 |
| 22       | Karnataka            |                             42 |                                                    29 |     165 |    1070 |
| 23       | Kerala               |                             17 |                                                    10 |      68 |     101 |
| 24       | Maharashtra          |                             51 |                                                    34 |     180 |    1511 |
| 25       | Punjab               |                             24 |                                                    22 |      56 |     208 |
| 26       | Telangana            |                             27 |                                                    19 |      49 |     562 |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu           |                             73 |                                                    32 |     147 |    2267 |
| 28       | West Bengal          |                             69 |                                                    26 |     307 |     577 |
| 29       | A & N Islands        |                              1 |                                                     1 |       6 |      20 |
| 30       | Chandigarh           |                              3 |                                                     1 |       3 |       7 |
| 31       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                              1 |                                                     1 |       1 |       7 |
| 32       | Daman & Diu          |                              1 |                                                     1 |       0 |       2 |
| 33       | Delhi                |                             19 |                                                    10 |       0 |      61 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep          |                              2 |                                                     1 |       8 |       5 |
| 35       | Puducherry           |                              4 |                                                     2 |       4 |      10 |
| 36       | Jammu & Kashmir      |                             27 |                                                    19 |      64 |     263 |
| 37       | Ladakh               |                              2 |                                                     2 |       3 |      18 |
| India    | Total                |                            887 |                                                   602 |    2421 |   20336 |

SNCU: Special Newborn Care Unit (as on Jan 2020); NBSU: Newborn Stabilization Unit (as on Dec 2019); NBCC: Newborn Care Corners (as on Dec 2019)