Lok Sabha Question No. 985 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Upgradation of Hospital Facilities for Corona
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena, Rajan Baburao  Vichare

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 985 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH SEPTEMBER, 2020

## UPGRADATION OF HOSPI TAL FACILITIES FOR C ORONA

## 985. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA: SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to provide  q uality  services,  facilities  and specialization in hospitals across the country in the wake of Covid pandemic;
- (b)  the  number  of  such  hospitals  identified,  State/UT - wise  part icularly  in  Udaipur  district  in Rajasthan;
- (c) whether the Government has earmarked separate funds to deal with the Corona disease during the Corona - period and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) w hether some new hospitals have been constructed by the Government recently exclusively forthe treatment of Corona patients, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the financial assistance provided to the different States/UTs to deal with the C oronarelated health problems and the measures taken so far by the Government to deal with COVID - 19?

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

- (a) & (b) For appropriate management of COVID - 19 cases, a three tier arrangement of health facilities [(i) COVID Care Center with isolation beds for mild or pre - sy ptomatic cases; (ii) Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC) with oxygen supported isolation beds for moderate cases  and  (iii)  Dedicated  COVID  H ospital  (DCH)  with  ICU  beds  for  severe  cases]  has  been implemented. Tertiary care hospitals under ESIC, Defence, Railways, paramilitary forces, Ministry etc. have been leveraged for case management. Details of State/UT wise number of health facilities (including Dedicated COVID hospitals, Dedicated COVID Health Centers COVID Care Centers) and beds (including ICU and ventilators) is at Annexure I .

As  for  district  Udaipur  total  COVID  Health  facilities  is  7,  w ith  a  total  isolation  bed capacity of 2394 beds (including 536 oxygen supported beds) and 121 ICU beds (including ventilators).

(c) Further, financial assistance to States/UTs has been given based on the number of ca trends of COVID - 19  Pandemic. Accordingly,  all the States/ UTs are provided with necessary financial support under India COVID - 19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package. States /UTs were given flexibility to use the resources available under NHM to p the public healthcare system for COVID - 19 management.

During FY 2020 - 21, funds of Rs 4256.79 crore have been released to the States/ UTs on 10.09.2020 and the State wise amount allocated and released to each State/UT is giv Annexure II .

(d) Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has set up large field hospitals with capacities ranging from 1000 to 10,000 isolation beds. States have also set up te hospitals in indoor stadiums, hotels, hostels, exhibition complexes etc.

(e)Government of I ndia has taken a series of actions to prevent, control and mitigate the of COVID - 19 . India followed a whole of Government and whole of society approach. Hon'ble Prime  Minister,  a  High  level  Group  of  Ministers  (GoM),  Cabinet  Secretary,  Committee Secretaries  and  senior  officers  in  MoHFW  continue  to  monitor  public  health  response COVID - 19 in the country.

The public health actions were taken in a pre - emptive, pro - active, graded manner based on  the  evolving  scenario.  A  number  of  travel  advisories  w ere  issued  restricting  inflow  of international travelers, till such time, commercial flights were suspended on 23 rd March, 2020. Till then, a total of 14,154 flights with 15,24,266 passengers have been screened at these Screening was also done at 12 major and 65 minor ports and land border crossings. In the init part of the pandemic, India evacuated a large number of stranded passengers from then CO affected countries (China, Italy, Iran, Japan, Malaysia) and again in the un - lockdown phase, a total of 13,18,891 passengers have been brought back (as on 14 th September, 2020) and followed up.

Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) is conducting contact tracing through community surveillance. In the earlier part of the pandemic, this was done for travel rela and subsequently for cases being reported from community as a part of containment strateg on 14 th September 2020, a total of about 40 lakh persons have been kept under surveilla There  are  726  laboratories  conducting  COVID - 19  Testing.  India  is  testing  is  about  1  million samples a day. A total of 5.8 crore samples have been tested so far (as on 14 th September 2020).

States are being supported in terms of supply of logistics. So far 1.41 Crore of P 3.44 crores N - 95 masks, 10.84 crore tablets of Hydroxychloroquine and 30,663 ventilators a 1,02,400 oxygen cylinders have been supplied to States/UTs/ Ce ntral Gov rnment hospitals so far (as on 15 th September, 2020).

Various cadres of personnel and volunteers across sectors and departments for COVID rel works  and  maintenance  of  other  essential  medical  services  have  been  worked  out,  tra through reso urces made available on the website of MoHFW ,iGOT (online platform) by DOPT ( https://igot.gov.in/igot/ ).

MoHFW website is being daily to provide general public with information on curre status of COVID - 19 sprea d in India. Communication material is also being hosted on MoHFW website and through social media. A dedicated call centre / helpline (1075) has been st guide community at large which are being used by the citizens very effectively and on a basis.

More than 30 vaccine candidates have been supported which are in different stage development, 3 candidates are in advanced stage of Phase I/II/III trials and more than advanced pre -clinical development stage. A National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 has been constituted on 7th August, 2020, under NITI Ayog. Thirteen clini trials of repurposed drugs have been undertaken to build a portfolio of therapeutic opt Covid- 19 patients.

State/UT  wise  details  of number  of  health  facilities  (including  Dedicated  COVID  hospitals, Dedicated  COVID  Health  Centers  and  COVID  Care  Centers)  and  beds  (including  ICU  and ventilators) available (as on 16 - 09- 2020)

| S. No.   | States                      |   Total number of COVID Facilit ies |   Total Isolation beds (excluding ICU beds) |   O xygen supported beds |   Total ICU beds |   No of Ventilators |
|----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                  23 |                                        1173 |                      165 |               24 |                  20 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |                                 575 |                                      102804 |                    16879 |             4833 |                1476 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                 104 |                                        2854 |                      171 |               62 |                  16 |
| 4        | Assam                       |                                 414 |                                       30558 |                     1686 |              396 |                 284 |
| 5        | Bihar                       |                                 357 |                                       36617 |                     6814 |              650 |                 836 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  |                                  21 |                                        3339 |                      820 |               93 |                  46 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                |                                 228 |                                       22231 |                     1544 |              722 |                 466 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                                   5 |                                        1190 |                      200 |               46 |                  46 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu                 |                                   7 |                                         559 |                      139 |               21 |                  11 |
| 10       | Delhi                       |                                 162 |                                       25363 |                    10101 |             2364 |                1395 |
| 11       | Goa                         |                                  45 |                                        1678 |                      178 |              134 |                 184 |
| 12       | Gujarat                     |                                 713 |                                       49819 |                    14545 |             4895 |                3184 |
| 13       | Haryana                     |                                 799 |                                       56535 |                     5957 |             2212 |                1061 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            |                                  66 |                                        3413 |                      761 |               86 |                 119 |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           |                                 297 |                                       23122 |                     3213 |              436 |                 447 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   |                                 278 |                                       17597 |                     3185 |              393 |                 243 |
| 17       | Karnataka                   |                                1842 |                                      140113 |                    17170 |             4963 |                2778 |
| 18       | Kerala                      |                                 331 |                                       41622 |                     4977 |             2980 |                1138 |
| 19       | Ladakh                      |                                   5 |                                         276 |                      109 |               37 |                  31 |
| 20       | Lakshadweep                 |                                  11 |                                         102 |                       21 |               14 |                  10 |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh              |                                 940 |                                       70072 |                    14606 |             2673 |                 882 |
| 22       | Maharashtra                 |                                3316 |                                      349820 |                    56602 |            14834 |                6924 |
| 23       | Manipur                     |                                  38 |                                        2471 |                      358 |               47 |                  39 |
| 24       | Meghalaya                   |                                  58 |                                        2212 |                      345 |               83 |                  87 |
| 25       | Mizoram                     |                                  56 |                                        2681 |                      308 |               44 |                  65 |
| 26       | Nagaland                    |                                  14 |                                         681 |                      142 |               54 |                  28 |
| 27       | Odisha                      |                                 246 |                                       30206 |                     4119 |              554 |                 330 |
| 28       | Puducherry                  |                                  17 |                                        1318 |                      339 |              110 |                  76 |
| 29       | Punjab                      |                                 273 |                                       26785 |                     4240 |             1633 |                 713 |
| 30       | Rajasthan                   |                                 417 |                                       43206 |                     8449 |             1797 |                 955 |
| 31       | Sikkim                      |                                  14 |                                        1065 |                      229 |               20 |                  59 |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                  |                                1259 |                                      191303 |                    25407 |             8439 |                4252 |
| 33       | Telangana                   |                                  56 |                                       15604 |                     2794 |             1782 |                 518 |
| 34       | Tripura                     |                                  27 |                                        2058 |                      230 |               74 |                  22 |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh               |                                 757 |                                      154428 |                    11413 |             4256 |                2343 |
| 36       | Uttarakhand                 |                                 434 |                                       30635 |                     2174 |              481 |                 543 |
| 37       | West Bengal                 |                                1224 |                                       70591 |                    12635 |             1284 |                 823 |
| Total    |                             |                               15429 |                                     1556101 |                   233025 |            63526 |               32450 |