Lok Sabha Question No. 5644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Rogi Kalyan Samitis and Hospital Management Societies
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Amar Singh, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5644 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2019

## ROGI KALYAN SAMITIS AND HOSPITAL MANAGEM ENT SOCIETIES

## 5644. DR. HEENA GAVIT:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

DR. AMAR SINGH:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  constituted  Rogi  Kalyan  Samitis  (R KSs)  and  Hospital Management Societies (HMSs) in rural and urban areas of the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  salient  features  and  guidelines  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  RKSs presently functioning in the country, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether it  is  mandatory  to  have  RKSs/HMSs  in  all  district  hospitals  for  ensuring  smo functioning of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM);
- (d) if so, the number of district hospitals in States/UTs which have RKSs/ HMSs and are care of administrative an d health related responsibilities; and
- (e) the corrective measures taken by the Government for constitution of RKSs/ HMSs in al district hospitals in the country?

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

(SHRI ASHW INI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b) Rogi Kalyan Samities (RKSs) / Hospital Management Committees were introduced in 2005, as a forum to improve the functioning and service provision in public health fac increase participation and enhance accountability.

The  broad  objectives  of  the  RKS  is  to  serve  as  a  consultative  body  to  enable  a citizen  participation  for  the  improvement  of  patient  care  and  welfare  in  health  facil consists of members of Local Self - Government Institutions, Non -GovernmentalOrganizations (NGOs), elected public representatives and State Government officials. RKS acts as truste the hospitals to manage the affairs of the hospital and is responsible for ensuring pro better services to patients in the hospital. The guidelines of Rogi Kalyan Samitis have been revised in 2015 for constitution of RKS in all public health facilities at the level Health Centre and above, which are available in public domain at URL: https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=1&sublinkid=153&lid=229

Out of 33,261 public health facilities of Primary Health Centre level and above, the 33,212  RKS  constituted  across  the  country  as  on  31st  March,  2019  as  per  National  Hea Mission (NHM)- MIS.

(c) & (d) : Under NHM, financial support in the form of untied grant is provided to tho DHs  who  have  constituted  RKS/HMC.  State/UT  wise  details  of  district  hospitals  havin RKSs/HMSs registered is given at Annexure.

(e): Government of India has from time to time, given instructions to constitute RKS/HMS all the Public Health Facilities starting from Primary Health Centre level and above i DHs. The status of RKSs/HMSs constituted is regularly monitored.

Details of Rogi Kalyan Samiti registered (RKSs) under NHM

| Sl.no.   | State             |   District Hospitals |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | Bihar             |                   37 |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh      |                   26 |
| 3        | Himachal Pradesh  |                   12 |
| 4        | Jammu & Kashmir   |                   23 |
| 5        | Jharkhand         |                   24 |
| 6        | Madhya Pradesh    |                   51 |
| 7        | Orissa            |                   32 |
| 8        | Rajasthan         |                   27 |
| 9        | Uttar Pradesh     |                  165 |
| 10       | Uttara khand      |                   19 |
| 11       | Arunachal Pradesh |                   18 |
| 12       | Assam             |                   25 |
| 13       | Manipur           |                    8 |
| 14       | Meghalaya         |                   11 |
| 15       | Mizoram           |                    9 |
| 16       | Nagaland          |                   11 |
| 17       | Sikkim            |                    4 |
| 18       | Tripura           |                    6 |
| 19       | Andhra Pradesh    |                   14 |
| 20       | Goa               |                    2 |
| 21       | Gujarat           |                   22 |
| 22       | Haryana           |                   22 |
| 23       | Karnataka         |                   32 |
| 24       | Kerala            |                   53 |
| 25       | Maharashtra       |                   23 |
| 26       | Punjab            |                   22 |
| 27       | Tamil Nadu        |                   31 |
| 28       | Telangana         |                    6 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |                   22 |
| 30       | A&N Island        |                    3 |
| 31       | Chandigarh        |                    1 |
| 32       | D&N Haveli        |                    1 |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       |                    2 |
| 34       | Delhi             |                   23 |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       |                    1 |
| 36       | Puducherry        |                    5 |
|          | All India         |                  793 |

Source: NHM-MIS report as on March 2019