Lok Sabha Question No. 1135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Treatment of Non-COVID-19 Patients during Pandemic
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1135 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

## TREATMENT OF NON - COVID - 19 PATIENTS DURING P ANDEMIC

## 1135. SHRI DEEPAK BA IJ:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  Non -Corona  patients  who  got treatment  in  All  India  Institute  of  Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Central Hospitals after 24th March, 2020, State -wise and hospital - wise;
- (b)whether it is a fact that there have been more deaths due to other diseases rather than Corona on account of poor health facilities during the Corona pandemic in the country, if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the percentage expendi ture of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) being made on health isadquate keeping in view the increased population and burden of diseases in the country and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the fact  tha t  even  serious  patients  have  been discharged from hospitals without treatment due to pandemic situation in the country and are forced to wander on roads, if so, the details thereof and corrective steps taken in this regard; and
- (e) whether it is a fact tha t the arrangement for the treatment of patients suffering from diseases otherthan  Corona  has  been  stopped  during  the  lockdown period  in  Central  Hospitals  due  to which a large number of people became victim of untimely death?

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

- (a) The patients who were not suffering from Corona but still have been treated in AI and Central Government run hospitals in IPD as well as in OPD after 24 th March, 2020 in the country is given in Annexure.
- (b) No.
- (c) As per the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates 2016 - 17 (latest available), public expenditure on health  as a percentage of GDP is 1.2%.
- (d) No  such  patient  who  was  already  admitted  in  AII MS  or  Central  Government  run hospitals  whether  serious/critical  or  non - serious  was  discharged  from  the  hospitals without adequate treatment, due to pandemic situation in the country .
- (e) No.

Annexure

|   S.No. | Name of the Hospital           |   No. of patients si nce 24.3.2020 |
|---------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|       1 | AIIMS, New Delhi               |                             401506 |
|       2 | Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi |                             253220 |
|       3 | RML Hospital, New Delhi        |                             268471 |
|       4 | LHMC, New Delhi                |                             211796 |
|       5 | AIIMS, Bhubaneswar             |                              94999 |
|       6 | AIIMS, Jodhpur                 |                             127631 |
|       7 | AIIMS, Raipur                  |                             126486 |
|       8 | AIIMS, Rishikesh               |                              48765 |
|       9 | AIIMS, Patna                   |                              15491 |
|      10 | AIIMS, Bhopal                  |                              62862 |