Lok Sabha Question No. 3403 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: LaQshya
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. 3403 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH JULY, 2019

## LAQSHYA

## 3403. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER :

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has recently  launched  a  programme  called LaQshya  to provide  Respectful  Maternity Care, if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with the  aims  and objectives of the programme;
- (b) whether this programme has been implemented in all Government hospitals; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, including Chandigarh?

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

- (a)    Government  of  India  has  launched  'LaQshya'  (Labour  room  Quality  improvement Initiative) to improve quality of care in labour room and maternity operation theatres health facilities. It's a multipronged approach focused at Intrapartum and immediate postpartum period.

Aim: To reduce preventable maternal and newborn mortality, morbidity and stillbirths assoc with  the  care  around  delivery  in  Labour  room  and  Maternity  Operation  Theatre  and  ens respectful maternity care.

## Objectives :

- i. To  reduce  maternal  and  newborn  mortal ity  &  morbidity  due  to  hemorrhage,  retained placenta,  preterm,  preeclampsia  and  eclampsia,  obstructed  labour,  puerperal  se newborn asphyxia, and newborn sepsis, etc.
- ii. To  improve  Quality  of  care  during  the  delivery  and  immediate  post - partum  care, stabil ization of complications and ensure timely referrals, and enable an effective tw -way follow - up system.
- iii. To enhance satisfaction of beneficiaries visiting the health facilities and provide R Maternity Care (RMC) to all pregnant women attending the public health facilities.

(b)  &  (c)  Following  types  of  healthcare  facilities  have  been  identified  for  implementa LaQshya program

- i. Government medical college hospitals.
- ii. District Hospitals & equivalent health facilities.
- iii. Designated FRUs and high case load CHCs with over 100 deliveries/month ( 60 in hills and desert areas)

Till date 2427 Public health facilities across country have been identified for implemen LaQshya Program. (Details -Annex 1). It includes 04 from Chandigarh (Annexure - 2)

## Annexure-1:

| Sl. No.   | State or union territory               |   Medical College |   District Hospitals |   Sub Divisional Hospital |   Community Health Centers | Others   |   Total |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------|----------|---------|
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands            |                 1 |                    3 |                         0 |                          2 | 0        |       6 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                         |                12 |                   12 |                        25 |                         43 | 6        |      98 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                      |                 1 |                    1 |                         0 |                          1 | 2        |       5 |
| 4         | Assam                                  |                 7 |                   25 |                         3 |                         93 | 0        |     128 |
| 5         | Bihar                                  |                 6 |                   38 |                        32 |                          1 | 349      |     426 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                             |                 0 |                    1 |                         1 |                          2 | 0        |       4 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                           |                 6 |                   24 |                         0 |                         28 | 0        |      58 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli union territory |                 0 |                    1 |                         1 |                          2 | 0        |       4 |
| 9         | Daman and Diu                          |                 0 |                    2 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |       2 |
| 10        | Delhi                                  |                 5 |                   12 |                         1 |                          0 | 0        |      18 |
| 11        | Goa                                    |                 1 |                    2 |                         2 |                          0 | 0        |       5 |
| 12        | Gujarat                                |                19 |                   23 |                        36 |                         75 | 0        |     153 |
| 13        | Haryana                                |                 5 |                   22 |                        11 |                          6 | 4        |      48 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh                       |                 3 |                   12 |                         0 |                          0 | 5        |      20 |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir                      |                 2 |                   11 |                         0 |                         10 | 0        |      23 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                              |                 3 |                   23 |                         7 |                         39 | 2        |      74 |
| 17        | Karnataka                              |                19 |                   19 |                        72 |                         13 | 0        |     123 |
| 18        | Kerala                                 |                 7 |                   18 |                        17 |                          1 |          |      43 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                            |                 0 |                    1 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |       1 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                         |                 5 |                   36 |                         6 |                         19 | 0        |      66 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                            |                12 |                   19 |                        82 |                         63 | 19       |     195 |
| 22        | Manipur                                |                 2 |                    4 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |       6 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                              |                 1 |                    2 |                         0 |                          1 | 0        |       4 |
| 24        | Mizoram                                |                 0 |                    9 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |       9 |
| 25        | Nagaland                               |                 0 |                    4 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |       4 |
| 26        | Odisha                                 |                 6 |                   29 |                        25 |                         38 | 0        |      98 |
| 27        | Puducherry                             |                 1 |                    2 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |       3 |
| 28        | Punjab                                 |                 3 |                   22 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |      25 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                              |                10 |                   28 |                         7 |                         26 | 1        |      72 |
| 30        | Sikkim                                 |                 0 |                    1 |                         0 |                          0 | 0        |       1 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                             |                22 |                   31 |                        73 |                         62 | 0        |     188 |
| 32        | Telangana                              |                 9 |                   37 |                         0 |                         29 |          |      75 |
| 33        | Tripura                                |                 1 |                    7 |                         4 |                          0 | 0        |      12 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh                          |                 8 |                   76 |                         1 |                        171 | 29       |     285 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                            |                 3 |                   12 |                        11 |                          9 | 0        |      35 |
| 36        | West Bengal                            |                13 |                   21 |                        34 |                         20 | 22       |     110 |
|           | Total                                  |               193 |                  590 |                       451 |                        754 | 439      |    2427 |

## Annexure 2:

| Chandigarh UT   | Chandigarh UT                    | Chandigarh UT                                                         |
|-----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No            | Name of Facilities under LaQshya | Type of Facility - Medical College/DH/SDH/CHC/FRU/Area Hospital/Other |
| 1               | GMSH16                           | District Hospital                                                     |
| 2               | Civil Hospital Manimajra         | SDH                                                                   |
| 3               | Civil Hospital 45                | CHC                                                                   |
| 4               | Civil Hospital 22                | CHC                                                                   |

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