Lok Sabha Question No. 1644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Field Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## 1644

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1644 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## FIELD HOSPITALS

## SHRI V.K. SREEKANDAN:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has asked all the States to set up field hospitals across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide funds to the States for the purpose; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) to  (d):    Under  'India  COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness Package:  Phase-II  (ECRP-II)',  various  initiatives  have  been  taken  by  the  Ministry  of Health and Family Welfare to augment the demand for providing adequate facilities in States/UTs in catalysing health systems activities for COVID-19 pandemic management. Under ECRP-II, flexibility  is  given  to  the  States/UTs  to  propose  facilities  as  per  their requirement.  Based  on  the  demands  raised  by  the  States/UTs,  a  total  of  359  Field Hospitals  have  already  been  approved  and  funds  of  Rs.2874.24  Crores  have  been approved  for  establishment  and  operationalisation  of  approved  Field  Hospitals  in  the country.  State/UT-wise details of approved Field Hospitals are at Annexure.

State wise details for Field Hospitals:

|   S. No. | States/UTs              |   Total number of Field Hospitals |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | A&N Island              |                                 0 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh          |                                 0 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                 1 |
|        4 | Assam                   |                                10 |
|        5 | Bihar                   |                                28 |
|        6 | Chandigarh              |                                 0 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh            |                                 0 |
|        8 | D &NHaveli & Daman &Diu |                                 3 |
|        9 | Delhi                   |                                 7 |
|       10 | Goa                     |                                 0 |
|       11 | Gujarat                 |                                 9 |
|       12 | Haryana                 |                                 0 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh        |                                 3 |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir          |                                 0 |
|       15 | Jharkhand               |                                31 |
|       16 | Karnataka               |                                 1 |
|       17 | Kerala*                 |                                25 |
|       18 | Ladakh                  |                                 0 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep             |                                 0 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh          |                                40 |
|       21 | Maharashtra             |                                35 |
|       22 | Manipur                 |                                 4 |
|       23 | Meghalaya               |                                 2 |

## Annexure

| 24.   | Mizoram       |   0 |
|-------|---------------|-----|
| 25.   | Nagaland      |   0 |
| 26.   | Odisha        |  29 |
| 27.   | Puducherry    |   0 |
| 28.   | Punjab        |   2 |
| 29.   | Rajasthan     |  53 |
| 30.   | Sikkim        |   0 |
| 31.   | Tamil Nadu    |  18 |
| 32.   | Tripura       |   9 |
| 33.   | Telangana     |   0 |
| 34.   | Uttar Pradesh |   5 |
| 35.   | Uttarakhand   |   0 |
| 36.   | West Bengal   |  44 |
| Total | Total         | 359 |