Lok Sabha Question No. 4512 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Radiation Therapy Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4512 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH MARCH, 2020

## RADIATION THERAPY CE NTRES

## 4512. SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA:

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

- (a) the number of cancer patients and the Radiation Therapy Centres in the country, State/UT -wise as on date;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  open  more Radiation  Therapy  Centres  a cross  the country in view of the rising number of cancer patients;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d)  if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  other measures  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government inthis regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) : As per the National Cancer Registry Program of Indian Council of Medical Researc (ICMR), the estimated number of incidence of cance r cases in the country, in 2018 was 15.86 lakh.As informed by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), there are 523 Radiotherapy Centres in the Country. State/UT wise details are at Annexure I & II .
- (b) to (d) : To enhance the facilities for tertiary care for cancer, the Central Governm implementing Strengthening of Tertiary Care Cancer facilities scheme, under which setting 19  State  Cancer  Institutes  (SCIs)  and  20  Tertiary  Care  Cancer  Centres  (TCCCs) have  been approved, which includes TCCC at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Scienc Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The financial assistance under the scheme is utilized by SCIs/T for  procurement  of  radio  therapy  equipment,  diagnostic  equipm ent,  surgical  equipment, enhancement of indoor patient facility for cancer and such other purposes relevant for di treatment and care of cancer. Further, Oncology is also one of the focus areas in case of ne AIIMS  and  many  upgraded  institutions  un der  Pradhan  Mantri  Swasthya  Suraksha  Yojana (PMSSY). Setting up of National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar in Haryana and strengtheni Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, are also steps in the same direction.

| States                                                                                                              | 2018                                                                                                                |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                      | 17351                                                                                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                    | 8679                                                                                                                |
| Punjab                                                                                                              | 35137                                                                                                               |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                          | 1398                                                                                                                |
| Uttaranchal                                                                                                         | 13640                                                                                                               |
| Haryana                                                                                                             | 33558                                                                                                               |
| Delhi                                                                                                               | 21821                                                                                                               |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                           | 90686                                                                                                               |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                       | 270053                                                                                                              |
| Bihar                                                                                                               | 145051                                                                                                              |
| Sikkim                                                                                                              | 490                                                                                                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                   | 1313                                                                                                                |
| Nagaland                                                                                                            | 1318                                                                                                                |
| Manipur                                                                                                             | 3168                                                                                                                |
| Mizoram                                                                                                             | 1723                                                                                                                |
| Tripura                                                                                                             | 2260                                                                                                                |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                           | 3442                                                                                                                |
| Assam                                                                                                               | 32530                                                                                                               |
| West Bengal                                                                                                         | 117220                                                                                                              |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                           | 45289                                                                                                               |
| Orissa                                                                                                              | 53936                                                                                                               |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                        | 35223                                                                                                               |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                      | 98403                                                                                                               |
| Gujarat                                                                                                             | 80820                                                                                                               |
| Daman &Diu                                                                                                          | 579                                                                                                                 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                 | 591                                                                                                                 |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                         | 144032                                                                                                              |
| Telangana                                                                                                           | 45713                                                                                                               |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                      | 62978                                                                                                               |
| Karnataka                                                                                                           | 80381                                                                                                               |
| Goa                                                                                                                 | 1881                                                                                                                |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                                         | 104                                                                                                                 |
| Kerala                                                                                                              | 47382                                                                                                               |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                          | 86180                                                                                                               |
| Pondicherry                                                                                                         | 1783                                                                                                                |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                                                                           | 458                                                                                                                 |
| Total                                                                                                               | 1586571                                                                                                             |
| Ref: Three-year Report of the PBCRs: 2012-2014, Bengaluru, 2016                                                     | Ref: Three-year Report of the PBCRs: 2012-2014, Bengaluru, 2016                                                     |
| *Projected cancer cases for India were computed using a projected incidence rates and the population (person-years) | *Projected cancer cases for India were computed using a projected incidence rates and the population (person-years) |

Radiation therapy centres in India licensed by Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)

| S No.   | State/UT          |   No. of Radiotherapy Centres |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |                            30 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |                             1 |
| 3       | Assam             |                            16 |
| 4       | Bihar             |                            10 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |                            12 |
| 6       | Delhi             |                            25 |
| 7       | Goa               |                             1 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |                            40 |
| 9       | Haryana           |                            25 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |                             3 |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir    |                             6 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |                             8 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |                            30 |
| 14      | Kerala            |                            24 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |                            17 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |                            74 |
| 17      | Manipur           |                             1 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |                             3 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |                             1 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |                             3 |
| 21      | Odisha            |                            11 |
| 22      | Pondichery        |                             1 |
| 23      | Punjab            |                            23 |
| 24      | Rajasthan         |                            21 |
| 25      | Sikkim            |                             1 |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu        |                            51 |
| 27      | Telangana         |                            19 |
| 28      | Uttarakhand       |                             6 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh     |                            30 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |                            30 |
| Total   | Total             |                           523 |