Lok Sabha Question No. 344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Facilities in Hospitals for Handicapped
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.344 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.09.2020

## Facilities in Hospitals for Handicapped

344: SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether ay steps have been taken by the Government to ensure infrastructural facilities in hospitals for the handicapped for test, quarantine facilities and treatments of COVID-19;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether measures have been taken by the Government for destitute/beggar/homeless during the lockdown period; and any
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a) and (b) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed that for appropriate management of COVID-19 cases, a three tier arrangement of health facilities [() COVID Care Center with isolation beds for mild or pre-symptomatic cases; (ii) Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC) with oxygen supported isolation beds for moderate cases and (iii) dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH) with Intensive Care beds for severe cases] has been  implemented: Tertiary care   hospitals under Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) , Defence; Railways, Paramilitary Forces, Steel Ministry etc have been leveraged for case management: Details of these facilities is attached as Annexure:

In addition to above, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities under this Ministry has requested to Chief Secretaries of States/UTs on 24.04.2020 regarding provision of basic accessibility features in COVID-19 testing and quarantine facilities as well as hospitals and health centres.

(c) and (d) Department of Social Justice and Empowerment under this Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has formulated a project for persons engaged in the act of begging, which would cover identification, rehabilitation, provision of medical facilities, counselling, education, skill development with of State Governments/UTs/Local Urban Bodies and Voluntary  Organizations, institutions etc This is being implemented on pilot basis in 10 selected cities.

The 10 identified cities are Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Lucknow, Patna, Nagpur and Indore: Out of these cities, an amount of Rs 2.00 crore to Hyderabad, Rs 1.50 crore to Indore and Rs 1.50 crore to Patna has been released after receiving Action Plan from the States:

During lock-down, aforesaid Municipal Corporations of identified cities were requested to open feeding centre for providing free meals to beggars/destitutes and fund requirement for the same to be projected to the Ministry: As informed by the Municipal administrations of these Cities as many as 1.27 crore persons have been provided free meals.

City-wise details of destitute/beggars/homeless persons provided cooked food as reported by the Municipal Administrations are as under:

| Sl. No.   | Name of the City          |   Number of Destitute/ Beggars/ Homeless persons provided free_meals in Iakh) |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Delhi                     |                                                                          75   |
| 2         | Mumbai, Maharashtra       |                                                                           9.8 |
| 3         | Kolkata, West Bengal      |                                                                           1.3 |
| 4         | Chennai, Tamil Nadu       |                                                                           3.5 |
| 5         | Bengaluru, Karnataka      |                                                                          14   |
| 6         | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh |                                                                           7   |
| 7         | Nagpur,_Maharashtra       |                                                                           0.8 |
| 8         | Indore, Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                           8.4 |
| 9         | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh    |                                                                           7   |
| 10        | Patna, Bihar              |                                                                           0.5 |
| Total     | Total                     |                                                                         127.3 |

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b} of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question. No. 344 to be answered on 15.09.2020 raised by Shri Anil Firojiva regarding Facilities in Hospitals for Handicapped:

| SI   |                             | Facility   | Total Isolation beds (cxcluding ICU bcds)   |   02 Supported beds |   Total ICU beds | No of Ventilators   |
|------|-----------------------------|------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2          | 339                                         |                 137 |               18 | 18                  |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh              | 28         | 16884                                       |               10458 |             1916 | 708                 |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh           | 4          | 223                                         |                 153 |               43 | 11                  |
|      | Assam                       | 32         | 5675                                        |                 841 |              329 | 278                 |
| 5    | Bihar                       | 5          | 3048                                        |                1533 |              208 | 214                 |
| 6    | Chandigarh                  | 2          | 500                                         |                 355 |               60 | 30                  |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh_               |            | 1728                                        |                 652 |              338 | 270                 |
| 8    | Dadra & Nagar Haveli _      |            | 100                                         |                 100 |               46 | 46                  |
| 9    |                             | 2          | 38                                          |                  38 |               21 | 11                  |
| 10   | Delhi                       | 130        | 14989                                       |                9825 |             2203 | 1356                |
| M    | Goa                         | 3          | 208                                         |                  40 |               35 | 107                 |
| 12   | Gujarat                     | 291        | 21305                                       |               13294 |             4725 | 3035                |
| 13   | Haryana                     | 47         | 3983                                        |                2584 |              712 | 335                 |
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh            | 6          | 373                                         |                 288 |               75 | 78                  |
| 15   | Jammu and Kashmir           | 10         | 1395                                        |                1343 |              289 | 241                 |
| 16   | Jharkhand                   | 21         |                                             |                1388 |              275 | 210                 |
| 17   | Karnataka                   | 62         | 12921                                       |                8095 |             1702 |                     |
| 18   | Kerala                      | 33         | 10710                                       |                1851 |             1141 | 562                 |
| 19   | Ladakh                      | 3          | 166                                         |                 109 |               37 | 31                  |
| 20   | Lakshadwecp                 |            | 27                                          |                   6 |                6 | 3                   |
| 21   | Madhya Pradesh              |            | 11742                                       |                7993 |             1382 | 604                 |
| 22   | Maharashtra                 | 530        | 47072                                       |               29506 |            10187 | 5443                |
| 23   | Manipur                     | 2          | 244                                         |                 244 |               20 | 24                  |
| 24   | Meghalaya                   | 7          | 422                                         |                 206 |               79 | 77                  |
| 25   | Mizoram                     |            | 216                                         |                 242 |               40 | 58                  |
| 26   | Nagaland                    | 12         | 581                                         |                 120 |               50 | 25                  |
| 27   | Odisha                      | 35         | 5460                                        |                3160 |              515 | 317                 |
| 28   | Puducherry_                 | 3          | 473                                         |                 221 |               57 | 50                  |
| 29   | Punjab                      | 98         | 4494                                        |                2163 |             1506 | 654                 |
| 30   | Rajasthan                   | 59         | 13580                                       |                6514 |             1400 | 833                 |
| 31   | Sikkim                      |            | 200                                         |                 200 |               20 | 57                  |
| 32   | Tamil Nadu                  | 54         | 34722                                       |               13046 |             3728 | 2169                |
| 33   | Telangana                   | 43         | 13982                                       |                2776 |             1780 | 516                 |
| 34   | Tripura                     |            | 167                                         |                 167 |               73 | 19                  |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh               | 162        | 33699                                       |                7299 |             3973 | 2113                |
| 36   | Uttarakhand                 | 5          | 1002                                        |                 822 |              376 | 373                 |
| 37   | West Bengal                 | 82         | 9972                                        |                8968 |             1108 | 706                 |

## STATE WISE DETAILS OF DEDICATED COVID HEALTH CENTERS:

|    |                             | Noof   |   (exdluding ICU beds) |   beds | Totai Icu beds   | Ventilators   |
|----|-----------------------------|--------|------------------------|--------|------------------|---------------|
| 1  | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 5      |                    154 |     28 | 6                | 2             |
| 2  | Andhra Pradesh              | 127    |                  18595 |   6372 | 2850             | 719           |
| 3  | Arunachal Pradesh           | 32     |                    341 |     18 | 19               | 5             |
|    | Assam                       | 139    |                   8031 |    812 | 56               | 6             |
| 5  | Bihar                       | 93     |                   7823 |   5371 | 432              | 574           |
| 6  |                             | 6      |                    667 |    465 | 33               | 16            |
|    | Chhattisgarh                | 39     |                   1935 |    892 | 384              | 196           |
| 8  | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        | 1      |                    100 |    100 | 0                |               |
| 9  | Daman & Diu                 | 2      |                    101 |    101 | 0                | 0             |
| 10 | Delhi                       | 4      |                    535 |    229 | 10               | 7             |
| 11 | Goa                         | 26     |                    170 |    115 | 99               | 67            |
| 12 | Gujarat                     | 99     |                   3330 |   1200 | 167              | 147           |
| 13 | Haryana                     | 214    |                   6072 |   3339 | 1496             | 724           |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh            | 11     |                    473 |    473 | 11               | 41            |
| 15 | Jammu and Kashmir           | 39     |                   2730 |   1870 | 147              | 190           |
| 16 | Jharkhand                   | 63     |                   2892 |   1827 | 118              | 33            |
| 17 | Karnataka                   | 886    |                  51189 |   9296 | 3362             | 2283          |
| 18 | Kerala                      | 209    |                  15973 |   3016 | 2028             | 661           |
|    | Ladakh                      | 0      |                      0 |      0 | 0                | 0             |
| 20 | Lakshadweep                 | 5      |                     37 |     15 | 12               | 9             |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh              | 130    |                  15237 |   6322 | 1118             | 257           |
| 22 | Maharashtra                 | 811    |                  46398 |  26488 | 4229             | 1414          |
| 23 | Manipur                     | 16     |                    253 |    114 | 27               | 15            |
| 24 | Meghalaya                   | 24     |                    326 |    139 | 4                | 10            |
| 25 | Mizoram                     | 15     |                    168 |     96 | 4                | 7             |
| 26 | Nagaland                    | 1      |                     50 |     22 | 4                | 3             |
| 27 | Odisha                      | 22     |                   2776 |    959 | 14               | 12            |
| 28 | Puducherry_                 | 8      |                    490 |    118 | 48               |               |
| 29 | Punjab                      |        |                   4078 |   2061 | 122              | 56            |
| 30 | Rajasthan                   | 72     |                   4957 |   1935 | 397              | 122           |
| 31 | Sikkim                      | 3      |                     76 |     29 | 0                | 2             |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu                  | 509    |                  39853 |  12387 | 4711             | 2087          |
| 33 | Telangana                   | 8      |                   1260 |     18 | 2                |               |
| 34 | Tripura                     | 5      |                    146 |     63 |                  | 3             |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh               | 113    |                   5644 |   4114 | 283              | 230           |
| 36 | Uttarakhand                 | 12     |                   1204 |    985 | 105              | 120           |
| 37 | West Bengal                 | 134    |                   4053 |   3667 | 176              | 117           |

STATE WISE DETAILS OF COVID CARE CENTERS

| 1   | Andaman and Nicobar Islands   | 16   |    680 |
|-----|-------------------------------|------|--------|
| 2   | Andhra Pradesh                | 401  |  67099 |
|     | Arunachal Pradesh             | 68   |   2290 |
|     | Assam                         | 243  |  16352 |
| 5   | Bihar                         | 259  |  25836 |
| 6   | Chandigarh                    | 13   |   2172 |
| 7   | Chhattisgarh                  | 176  |  17383 |
| 8   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli          | 3    |    990 |
| 9   | Daman & Diu                   | 3    |    420 |
| 10  | Delhi                         | 28   |   9421 |
| 11  | Goa                           | 16   |   1236 |
| 12  | Gujarat                       | 321  |  25133 |
| 13  | Haryana                       | 533  |  46133 |
| 14  | Himachal Pradesh              | 48   |   2520 |
| 15  | Jammu and Kashmir             | 248  |  18997 |
| 16  | Jharkhand                     | 193  |  12554 |
| 17  | Karnataka                     | 910  |  78234 |
| 18  | Kerala                        | 89   |  15191 |
| 19  | Ladakh                        | 2    |    110 |
| 20  | Lakshadweep                   |      |     38 |
| 21  | Madhya Pradesh                | 771  |  42711 |
| 22  | Maharashtra                   | 1941 | 251077 |
| 23  | Manipur                       | 20   |   1974 |
| 24  | Meghalaya                     | 26   |   1434 |
| 25  | Mizoram                       | 40   |   2305 |
| 26  | Nagaland                      | 1    |     50 |
| 27  | Odisha                        | 189  |  21970 |
| 28  | Puducherry                    | 6    |    355 |
| 29  | Punjab                        | 67   |  18195 |
| 30  | Rajasthan                     | 286  |  24669 |
| 31  | Sikkim                        | 10   |    789 |
| 32  | Tamil Nadu                    | 692  | 116871 |
| 33  | Telangana                     | 5    |    362 |
| 34  | Tripura_                      | 21   |   1745 |
| 35  | Uttar Pradesh                 | 482  | 115085 |
| 36  | Uttarakhand                   | 416  |  27806 |
| 37  | West Bengal                   | 1008 |  56566 |