Lok Sabha Question No. 4288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Surgery facility at Regional Leprosy Training and Research Centre
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Soni

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4288 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## SURGERY FACILITY AT REGIONAL LEPROSY TRAINING AND RESEARC H CENTRE

## 4288. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

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

(a)  whether  the  facility  for  surgery  at Regional  Leprosy  Training  and  Research Centre, Raipur, Chhattisgarh has been discontinued, if so, the reasons therefor;

(b)whether the Government is making efforts to restart the facility at this centre;

- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the said facility is likely to be restored; and

(d) the efforts being made by the Government for eradication of leprosy in Chhattisgarh State along with the details of the schemes being run in this regard?

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

(a): The  facility  for  surgery  at  Regional  Leprosy  Training  and  Research  Instit (RLTRI),  Raipur,  Chhattisgarh  has  been  temporarily  discontinued  due  to  seepage  in Operation Theatre (OT) and for repair and renovation of the OT.

- (b) & (c): The  process  fo r  renovations  of  OT  has  already  been  started.  The  budget estimate from Central Public Work Department (CPWD) has been obtained for repairing an renovation  of  Operation  Theatre  at  RLTRI,  Raipur.  Provision  of  fund  for  repair renovation of OT has been ma de under Revised Estimate 2019 - 20 as well as under Budget Estimate 2020 - 21. The restoration will take some time as the funds are awaited.

(d): National  Leprosy  Eradication  programme  (NLEP)  provides  technical  and  financial assistance  to  all  States/Union  T erritories  including  State  of  Chhattisgarh  for  all  activi related to detection, diagnosis, treatment and post treatment care of persons affec leprosy.  The  Programme  aims  at  spreading  awareness  about  the  disease,  and  at  reduc stigma  attached with  the  disease.  Keeping  in  view  the  goal,  several  initiatives  have taken under the Programme to encourage early case detection, to ensure complete treat and to contain the onset of disease in close contacts of the index cases (persons d with leprosy).

Leprosy Case Detection Campaigns, Focussed Leprosy Case Detection Campaigns, Sparsh Leprosy  Awareness  Campaigns,  ASHA  Based  Surveillance  of  Leprosy  Suspects  and  Post

Exposure  Prophylaxis  administration  are  being  run  in  all  States  including the  State  of Chhattisgarh.

In  addition,  various  services  are  also  being  provided  under  the  programme Disability  Prevention  and  Medical  Rehabilitation  (DPMR)  i.e.  reaction  management provision  of  Micro  Cellular  (MCR)  footwear,  Aids  and  Appliances,  ref erral  services  for management  of  cases  and  reconstructive  surgery  at  District  Hospitals  and  Medi Colleges/Central leprosy Institutions .