Lok Sabha Question No. 1182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Kidney Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JUNE, 2019

## KIDNEY DISEASES

## 1182. SHRI SRINIVAS KESINENI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the untimely death of people due to kidney diseas Uddanam region of Srikakulam district in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any team of experts has been sent to Uddanam to find out the reasons and to curb deaths due to kidney diseases and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of financial assistance given to the kidney patients from the Central Gove

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

(a)&(b):    As per the information received from the Government of Andhra Pradesh,  the nu of cases of acute and chronic renal failure , reported during the last year is as follow :

| ParticularsAcute   |   renal failure |   Chronic renal failure |
|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|                    |            2018 |                    2018 |
| Cases              |             689 |                    5177 |
| Deaths             |               0 |                      01 |

The Government is aware of Kidney ailments in Uddanam area of Srikakulam District o Andhra Pradesh.

Central Government teams have visited from time to time . A team consisting of Sanjay Agarawal, Head of the Department, Nephrology, AIIMS, New Delhi, Dr. H.S. Mahapatra, Head of the Department, Nephrology, RML Hospital, New Delhi. Dr. Jai Karan, Deputy Director, CE & OH, National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi and Dr. Anuradha Medoju, Regional Director for Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, Hyderabad, had visited in Jan 2017.

The recent visits of  Indian Council of Medical Resear ch (ICMR) teams was undertaken in February 2017 and July 2018. ICMR in partnership with Government of Andhra Pradesh ha launched the 'Grand Challenge Scheme'for root -causing the etiology of high incidence of CKDu in Uddanam area.. The project  STOP CKDu i n AP:' A study to establish the disease burden, natural history, etiology and health economic consequences of high incidence of Chronic k disease  of  uncertain  Etiology  (CKDu)  and  interventions  for  general  improvement  of  he conditions in the are a of high incidence  in Andhra Pradesh' has been selected.  The project has been initiated w.e.f. January 2018

(c) : Health is a State subject, the Government of India supports the State Government th various  schemes  and  programmes.  Support  is  pro vided  under  National  Health  Mission  under National  Programme  on  Cancer,  Diabetes,  Cardiovascular  and  Stroke  (NPCDCS).  The programme  objectives  include  awareness  on  risk  factors  of  common  Non - Communicable Diseases  (NCDs)  including  Chronic  Kidney  Diseases  (C KD)    and  prevention  and  control  of Hypertension and Diabetes, which are metabolic risk factor of Chronic Kidney Diseases (CK In  Andhra  Pradesh    13  District    NCD  Clinics,193  CHC  NCD  Clinics,  7    Cardiac  Care  Uni (CCU)  have been set up under the program me.   .

Under National Health Mission (NHM), support for Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme  (PMNDP)  is  provided  to  State/UTs  on  the  basis  of  their  proposals  in  th Programme  Implementation  Plans.  Accordingly,  as  per  proposal  received  from  the  S tate Government, approval of Rs.3068.83 lakhs has been given to the State of Andhra Pradesh PMNDP under NHM for the Finanancial  Year 2019 - 20.

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