Lok Sabha Question No. 3246 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: District Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kirron  Kher

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3246 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH JULY, 2019

## DISTRICT HOSPITALS

## 3246. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

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

- (a) the details and number of district hospitals presently functioning in the country a State/UT - wise including Punjab;
- (b) whether the Government has any proposal/received any proposals from the States/UT s for upgradation of their district hospitals into medical colleges; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise along with the action taken by the Governmen regard?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The  details  of  district  hospitals  State/UT - wise  including  Punjab  as  on  28.06.2019  as uploaded by States/ UTs on Hospital Management Information System(HMIS) Portal, are placed as per Annexure - I.
- (b) & (c) : Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals', 82 new Medical Colleges are to be established in two phases. The fund sharing ratio between the Central Government and States is 90:10 for NE/Special Category States and 60:40 for other States.

Under Phase - I of the Scheme, 58 districts in 20 States/UT have been identified and appro Total  cost  of  establishment  of  one  Medical  College  is  Rs.189  crore.  Funds  to  the  tu Rs.7 507.70  crore  have  been  released  to  the  State/UT  Governments  for  the  approved  medic colleges.  39  medical  colleges  have  become  functional. List  of  approved  medical  colleges  is placed as per Annexure - II .

Further, under Phase -II of the Scheme, 24 new medica l colleges in 8 States have been identified. The objective of the Phase -II of the scheme is to ensure the availability of one medic college in every 3 Parliamentary Constituencies and one Government medical college in State. The total cost of establ ishment of one Medical College under this Phase is Rs.250 crore. The  State  Governments  have  identified  the  locations  on  Challenge  mode.  Out  of  24  medi colleges, 17 have been approved till date and funds to the tune of Rs.1375.13 crore hav released to  the  State  Governments. List  of  medical  colleges  under  Phase -II  is  placed  as  per Annexure - III .

## Number of District Hospitals in the Country

| Sl. No.   | State/UT             |   District Hospital |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 1.        | A & N Islands        |                   3 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh       |                  14 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                  15 |
| 4.        | Assam                |                  27 |
| 5.        | Bihar                |                  36 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh           |                   2 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh         |                  33 |
| 8.        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                   1 |
| 9.        | Daman & Diu          |                   2 |
| 10.       | Delhi                |                  38 |
| 11.       | Goa                  |                   2 |
| 12.       | Gujarat              |                  24 |
| 13.       | Haryana              |                  23 |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh     |                  12 |
| 15.       | Jammu & Kashmir      |                  24 |
| 16.       | Jharkhand            |                  23 |
| 17.       | Karnataka            |                  26 |
| 18.       | Kerala               |                  47 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep          |                   1 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh       |                  51 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra          |                  48 |
| 22.       | Manipur              |                   7 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya            |                  12 |
| 24.       | Mizoram              |                   9 |
| 25.       | Nagaland             |                  11 |
| 26.       | Odisha               |                  32 |
| 27.       | Puducherry           |                   4 |
| 28.       | Punjab               |                  26 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan            |                  27 |
| 30.       | Sikkim               |                   4 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu           |                  32 |
| 32.       | Telangana            |                   6 |
| 33.       | Tripura              |                   7 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh        |                 160 |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand          |                  18 |
| 36.       | West Bengal          |                  44 |
|           | Total                |                 851 |

## Annexure - I

Annexure - II

| S. No.   | State/UT          |    | Districts              |
|----------|-------------------|----|------------------------|
| 1        | A & N Islands     |  1 | Port Blair             |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |  2 | Naharlagun             |
| 3        |                   |  3 | Dhubri                 |
| 3        |                   |  4 | Nagaon                 |
| 3        | Assam             |  5 | North Lakhimpur        |
| 3        |                   |  6 | Diphu                  |
| 4        |                   |  7 | Purnia                 |
| 4        | Bihar             |  8 | Saran (Chhapara)       |
| 4        |                   |  9 | Samastipur             |
| 5        |                   | 10 | Rajnandgaon            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 11 | Sarguja                |
|          |                   | 12 | Chamba                 |
| 6        | Himachal Pradesh  | 13 | Hamirpur               |
|          |                   | 14 | Nahan (Sirmour)        |
| 7        | Haryana           | 15 | Bhiwani                |
|          |                   | 16 | Dumka                  |
| 8        | Jharkhand         | 17 | Hazaribagh             |
|          |                   | 18 | Palamu (Daltonganj)    |
| 9        |                   | 19 | Anantnag               |
| 9        |                   | 20 | Baramulla              |
| 9        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 21 | Rajouri                |
| 9        |                   | 22 | Doda                   |
| 9        |                   | 23 | Kathua                 |
| 10       |                   | 24 | Datia                  |
| 10       |                   | 25 | Khandwa                |
| 10       |                   | 26 | Ratlam                 |
| 10       | Madhya Pradesh    | 27 | Shahdol                |
| 10       |                   | 28 | Vidisha                |
| 10       |                   | 29 | Chindwara              |
|          |                   | 30 | Shivpuri               |
| 11       | Maharashtra       | 31 | Gondia                 |
| 12       | Meghalaya         | 32 | West Garo Hills (Tura) |
| 13       | Mizoram           | 33 | Falkawn                |
| 14       | Nagaland          | 34 | Naga Hospital          |
|          |                   | 35 | Balasore               |
| 15       |                   | 36 | Baripada (Mayurbhanj)  |
| 15       | Odisha            | 37 | Bolangir               |
| 15       |                   | 38 | Koraput                |

## List of districts approved under Phase -I of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals

|    |               |   39 | Puri                    |
|----|---------------|------|-------------------------|
| 16 | Punjab        |   40 | SAS Nagar               |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   41 | Barmer                  |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   42 | Bharatpur               |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   43 | Bhilwara                |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   44 | Churu                   |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   45 | Dungarpur               |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   46 | Pali                    |
| 17 | Rajasthan     |   47 | Sikar                   |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh |   48 | Basti                   |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh |   49 | Faizabad                |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh |   50 | Firozabad               |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh |   51 | Shahjahanpur            |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh |   52 | Bahraich                |
| 19 | Uttarakhand   |   53 | Almora                  |
| 20 | West Bengal   |   54 | Birbhum (Rampur Hat)    |
| 20 | West Bengal   |   55 | Cooch behar             |
| 20 | West Bengal   |   56 | Diamond harbour         |
| 20 | West Bengal   |   57 | Purulia                 |
| 20 | West Bengal   |   58 | Raiganj, North Dinajpur |

Annexure-III List of 24 medical colleges identified under Phase-II of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals

|   S.No. | State          |    | Location Selected by State Government   |
|---------|----------------|----|-----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Bihar          |  1 | Sitamarhi                               |
|       1 | Bihar          |  2 | Jhanjharpur                             |
|       1 | Bihar          |  3 | Siwan                                   |
|       1 | Bihar          |  4 | Buxar                                   |
|       1 | Bihar          |  5 | Jamui                                   |
|       2 | Jharkhand      |  6 | Koderma                                 |
|       2 | Jharkhand      |  7 | Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                    |
|       3 | Madhya Pradesh |  8 | Satna                                   |
|       4 | Odisha         |  9 | Jajpur                                  |
|       5 | Rajasthan      | 10 | Dholpur                                 |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 11 | Etah                                    |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 12 | Hardoi                                  |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 13 | Pratapgarh                              |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 14 | Fatehpur                                |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 15 | Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj)           |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 16 | Deoria                                  |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 17 | Ghazipur                                |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh  | 18 | Mirzapur                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 19 | Barasat                                 |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 20 | Uluberia                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 21 | Arambagh                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 22 | Jhargram                                |
|       7 | West Bengal    | 23 | Tamluk                                  |
|       8 | Sikkim         | 24 | Gangtok                                 |