Lok Sabha Question No. 3868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: ICU provided to States during COVID-19 Pandemic
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Bache Gowda B.N.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3868 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  MARCH, 2022

## ICU PROVIDED TO STATES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

## 3868.  SHRI B.N.BACHE GOWDA:

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

- (a) the number of fully functional Intensive Care Units (ICU) provided to States/UTs during the COVID-19 pandemic;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  into  cognizance  the  lack  of  skilled  technicians  to operate the above ICU machines during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken to make up for such shortages in the future;
- (d) whether the management of COVID-19 was assigned to research based institute, Indian Council of Medical Sciences and Research (ICMR) instead of public health department, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether the Government  proposes to initiate any research programmes  towards prevention of communicable disease, if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a)   Public Health and hospital is a State Subject. Under COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health  System  Preparedness  Package-II  (ECRP-II),  support  is  provided  to  States/UTs  to increase the availability of ICU beds in public health facilities including 20% paediatric ICU beds  and  for  augmenting  oxygen  beds  at  Sub  Health  Centres,  Primary  Health  Centres  & Community Health Centres in rural, peri-urban and tribal areas. Besides, there is provision for establishing Paediatric Units (including Oxygen Supported beds and ICU/HDU beds) in all the Districts of the country.

Under ECRP-II, a total of 30,251 ICU beds (including adult and paediatric beds) have been approved to States/UTs. Details are at Annexure.

(b & c) The equipment required in an ICU set up for COVID-19, are usually the same used in regular ICU. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has given intensive online training to doctors/paramedics for installation, operation and maintenance of ventilators supplied by Government of India.

Under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  provides financial and technical supports to the States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare facilities upto District level, including research, training/skill development  of  medical  staff as per requirement posed by the respective States/UTs under the Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs). Under ECRP-II also, there is also provision for  Centre of Excellence for paediatrics function as hub and support all spokes below, for capacity building via tele-consultation.

(d)  Efforts  for  COVID-19  treatment  and  management  was  coordinated  by  the  Ministry  of Health  and  Family  Welfare.  Indian  Council  of  Medical  Sciences  and  Research  (ICMR) through the National Task Force on COVID-19 along with the Joint Monitoring Group of Directorate  General  of  Health  Services  (DGHS)  was  involved  in  evaluating  the  emerging evidence for medicines that were effective in COVID-19 management.

(e) Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare regularly work in the field of research towards prevention of communicable diseases. Besides, Viral Research & Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) has also been set up for early detection of emerging/reemerging infectious diseases. These VRDLs also serve as a platform to augment COVID-19 diagnostic capacity in the country.

## Statement of ICU beds approved to be established in the States/UTs.

|   Sl No. | State/UT                                     | Adult ICU beds in public healthcare facilities   | Establishment of Paediatric ICU beds under District Paediatric Care Unit   | Paediatric ICU beds in public healthcare facilities   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                               | 896                                              | 104                                                                        | 224                                                   |
|        2 | Andman &Nicobar Islands                      | 17                                               | 8                                                                          |                                                       |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 82                                               | 30                                                                         | 18                                                    |
|        4 | Assam                                        | 620                                              | 136                                                                        |                                                       |
|        5 | Bihar                                        | 456                                              | 152                                                                        | 114                                                   |
|        6 | Chandigarh                                   | 12                                               | 4                                                                          | 2                                                     |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                                 | 670                                              | 136                                                                        | 167                                                   |
|        8 | Delhi                                        | 0                                                |                                                                            | 0                                                     |
|        9 | Goa                                          | 24                                               | 6                                                                          |                                                       |
|       10 | Gujarat                                      | 720                                              | 84                                                                         | 180                                                   |
|       11 | Haryana                                      | 200                                              | 80                                                                         | 50                                                    |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                             | 140                                              | 60                                                                         | 35                                                    |
|       13 | Jammu &Kashmir                               | 228                                              | 80                                                                         | 57                                                    |
|       14 | Jharkhand                                    | 0                                                | 156                                                                        | 480                                                   |
|       15 | Karnataka                                    | 3192                                             | 190                                                                        | 798                                                   |
|       16 | Kerala                                       | 226                                              | 36                                                                         | 4                                                     |
|       17 | Ladakh                                       | 28                                               | 4                                                                          | 7                                                     |
|       18 | Lakshadweep                                  | 31                                               |                                                                            |                                                       |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                               | 1592                                             | 708                                                                        | 398                                                   |
|       20 | Maharashtra                                  | 2448                                             | 244                                                                        | 612                                                   |
|       21 | Manipur                                      | 94                                               | 14                                                                         | 23                                                    |
|       22 | Meghalaya                                    | 0                                                | 42                                                                         |                                                       |
|       23 | Mizoram                                      | 0                                                | 24                                                                         |                                                       |
|       24 | Nagaland                                     | 20                                               | 54                                                                         | 5                                                     |
|       25 | Odisha                                       | 592                                              | 112                                                                        | 148                                                   |
|       26 | Puducherry                                   | 6                                                | 4                                                                          |                                                       |
|       27 | Punjab                                       | 142                                              | 108                                                                        |                                                       |
|       28 | Rajasthan                                    | 607                                              | 1313                                                                       |                                                       |
|       29 | Sikkim                                       | 10                                               | 8                                                                          |                                                       |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu                                   | 1266                                             | 322                                                                        | 317                                                   |
|       31 | Telangana                                    | 732                                              | 132                                                                        | 217                                                   |
|       32 | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                                                  | 4                                                                          |                                                       |
|       33 | Tripura                                      | 90                                               | 28                                                                         |                                                       |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                                | 3206                                             | 492                                                                        | 801                                                   |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                                  | 370                                              | 72                                                                         | 102                                                   |
|       36 | West Bengal                                  | 1728                                             | 100                                                                        |                                                       |