Lok Sabha Question No. 3419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Kidney and Cancer Patients in Bihar
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dinesh Chandra Yadav

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3419 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH MARCH, 2020

## KIDNEY AND CANCER PA TIENTS IN BIHAR

## 3419. SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the number of kidney and cancer patients is increasing fast in Bihar, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up at least two dialysis centres in each district o Bihar so as to provide this critical facility to the patients, particularly the poor ones, free of any charge, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  had  announced  to  open more  than  70 cancer  hospitals  in  the country; and
- (d) if so, the number of cancer hospitals being set up in Bihar, location - wise?

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

- ( a)  to (d ): According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), no time trend study has been conducted to find out reported increase in prevalence of Kidney Disease. However estimated that every year about 2.2 lakh new patients of End Stage Renal Disease get ad India.

As per National Cancer Registry Programme of Indian Council of Medical Research, th estimated incidence of cancer cases in Bihar was 1.31 lakh in 2016, which increased t lakhs in 2018.

Under Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP), Sta te Governments are supported  for  providing  dialysis  services  free  of  cost  to  the  poor  under  the  Umbrella National Health Mission(NHM).  Such support is based on the proposals received from State their annual Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) .

As per available information, the dialysis services are being provided in 17 distr of total 38 districts in Bihar with 66 Haemodialysis machines.

To  enhance  the  facilities  for  tertiary  care  of  cancer,  the  Central  Governme implementing Strengthening of Tertiary Care for Cancer Scheme. The scheme envisaged setti up of 20 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 50 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs) . Setting up of 19 State Cancer Institutes and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres have been approved unde scheme, including State Cancer Institute at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences ( Patna.  State/UTs - wise list of approved SCIs and TC CCs is at Annexure .

Further,  Oncology  is  also  one  of  the  focus  areas  in  case  of  new  AIIMS  and  ma upgraded institutions under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). Setting up National  Cancer  Institute  at  Jhajjar  in  Haryana  and  strengthen ing  of  Chittaranjan  National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, are also steps in the same direction.

## State/UT - wise  list  of  approved State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs).

|   S No | State            | Name of the Institute                                                   | SCI/ TCCC      |
|--------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool                                        | SCI            |
|      2 | Assam            | Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati                            | SCI            |
|      3 | Bihar            | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna                      | SCI            |
|      4 | Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Scineces, Bilaspur                    | SCI            |
|      5 | Delhi            | Lok Nayak Hospital                                                      | TCCC           |
|      6 | Gujarat          | Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad                            | SCI            |
|      7 | Goa              | Goa Medical College, Panaji                                             | TCCC           |
|      8 | Haryana          | Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt                                            | TCCC           |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla                                   | TCCC           |
|     10 |                  | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College, Mandi                         | TCCC           |
|     11 | Jammu & Kashmir  | Sher- i - Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar               | SCI            |
|     12 |                  | Government Medical College, Jammu                                       | SCI            |
|     13 | Jharkhand        | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi                          | SCI            |
|     14 | Karnataka        | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (RCC), Bangaluru                  | SCI            |
|     15 |                  | Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya                            | TCCC           |
|     16 | Kerala           | Regional Cancer Centre, Tjiruvananthapuram                              | SCI            |
|     17 |                  | Government Medical College, Kozhikode                                   | TCCC           |
|     18 | Madhya Pradesh   | G.R. Medical College, Gwalior                                           | TCCC           |
|     19 |                  | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College,                             | SCI            |
|     20 | Maharashtra      | Jabalpur Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital & Research Nagpur | Centre, TCCC   |
|     21 |                  | Government Medical College, Aurangabad                                  | SCI            |
|     22 |                  | Vivekanand Foundation & Research Centre, Latur                          | TCCC           |
|     23 | Mizoram          | Mizoram State Cancer Institute, Aizawl                                  | TCCC           |
|     24 | Nagaland         | District Hospital, Kohima                                               | TCCC           |
|     25 | Odisha           | Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack                         | SCI            |
|     26 | Punjab           | Government Medical College, Amritsar                                    | SCI            |
|     27 |                  | Civil Hospital, Fazilka                                                 | TCCC           |
|     28 | Rajasthan        | S P Medical College, Bikaner                                            | TCCC           |
|     29 |                  | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                             | SCI            |
|     30 |                  | Jhalawar Medical College & Hospital, Jhalawar                           | TCCC           |
|     31 | Sikkim           | Multispecialty Hospital at Sochygang (Sichey), near Sikkim              | Gangtok, TCCC  |
|     32 | Tamil Nadu       | Cancer Institute (RCC), Adyar, Chennai                                  | SCI            |
|     33 | Telangana        | MNJ Institute of Oncology & RCC, Hyderabad                              | SCI            |
|     34 | Tripura          | Cancer Hospital (RCC), Agartala                                         | SCI            |
|     35 | Uttar Pradesh    | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Lucknow                 | Sciences, TCCC |
|     36 | Uttarakhand      | Government Medical College, Haldwani                                    | SCI            |
|     37 | West Bengal      | Government Medical College, Burdwan                                     | TCCC           |
|     38 |                  | Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, Murshidabad         | TCCC           |
|     39 |                  | Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital,                     | KolkataTCCC    |