Lok Sabha Question No. 1213 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Number of Deaths in Government Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Bhartruhari Mahtab

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1213 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JUNE, 2019

## NUMBER OF DEATHS IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

## 1213. SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken note  of  the  increasing  deaths  in  Central Government Hospitals;
- (b) if so, the number of deaths reported in such hospitals during each of the last three years and the current year along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether a large number of ventilators and other equipments procured in the such hospitals during the said period are not functional;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, hospital - wise along with the corrective steps taken in this regard;
- (e) whether the NHRC has issued a notice to the said hospitals for unhygienic conditions, acute shortage of essential services and illeg al clinical drug trials on patients; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the corrective steps taken/being taken by the Government so far and the achievements thereof?

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

- (a): As per data available there is no significant increase in deaths in Central Gove Hospitals in last years.
- (b) : The number of deaths reported in Central Government Hospitals in respect of which d is available, du ring each of the last three years and the current year is as below:

| HOSPITAL                                                                    | 2016   | 2017     | 2018   | 2019 (upto May)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|--------|-------------------|
| Sardarjung Hospital                                                         | 10,740 | 10,852   | 12,614 | 5,632             |
| Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital                                              | 5,557  | 6,132    | 6,788  | 2,736             |
| Lady Hardinge Medical College & Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital              | 614    | 662      | 741    | 298               |
| Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital                                          | 1067   | 980      | 1043   | 376               |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur                             | 65     | 106      | 289    | 197               |
| Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi                                     | 8      | 7        | 2      | 6                 |
| Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education Research, Puducherry | 2858   | and 2949 | 2977   | 1363              |

| Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi*                 | 112            | 92       |   103 | -   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------|-------|-----|
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi*       | 3979           | 4214     |  4037 | -   |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal*          | 39             | 124      |   355 | -   |
| National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Delhi* | Diseases, 1062 | New 1192 |  1142 | -   |

(c) & (d): As  far  as  the  above  hospitals  are  concerned,  all  the  ventilators  and equipmentsprocured in the last three years and current year are functional, except in Saf Hospital.  In  Safdarjung  Hospital,  out  of  143  ICU  ventilators  which  have  been  inst satisfactorily,  8  are  not  functional  due  to  non  operational  zone  of  newly  constru cted  Super Speciality Block. Due to same reason, following equipments are also not functional:

- 2 Central Station 21' (out of 50)
- 35 Monitor size 19' & 15' (out of 595)
- 6 Anesthesia Workstation (out of 28)

(e) & (f): As far as above mentioned hospitals are concerned, no notice has been received in these hospitals from NHRC for unhygienic conditions, acute shortage of essential servic illegal drug trials on patients.