Lok Sabha Question No. 3126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Upgradation of District Hospitals and  Maternity Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3126 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## UPGRADATION OF DISTRICT HOSPITALS AND MATERNITY CENTRES

## 3126.  SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

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

- (a)  the parameters for upgradation of district hospitals and maternity centres;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  accords  preference  to  the  upgradation  of  hospitals  located  in areas having larger population of minorities and SC/ST;
- (c)    whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  for  upgradation  of  district  and maternity centres; and
- (d)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  this  regard, State/UT wise particularly in Barabanki and Lucknow districts to Uttar Pradesh?

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

- (a) Public  health  and  hospitals  is  a  State  Subject,  however,  under  the  National  Health Mission (NHM), financial and technical support is provided to States for healthcare systems  strengthening  including  for  strengthening  districts  hospitals  for  multispecialty  care  and  for  development  as  sites  for  training  and  teaching,  especially clinical learning, for different levels of health care service providers. Such support is based  on  proposals,  received  from  the  states/UTs,  which  getapprovedas  per  the

available  resources  and  existing  norms  that  includes  footfalls  in  OPD/IPD,  bed occupancy, space availability etc.

District  Hospitals  having  more  than  70%  bed  occupancy  can  be  upgraded  with  an additional  Maternal  &  Child  Health  wing  or  maternity  centre,  if  proposed  by  the States/UTs in the Programme Implementation Plan (PIP).

(b)  States  are  encouraged  to  strengthen  their  health  systems  with  the  objective  of providing equitable, affordable andaccessible health care especially to vulnerable and marginalized  population.  Preference  is  accorded  to  aspirational  districts  and  high priority  districts  while  sanctioning  proposals  received  from  the  States  for  Health Systems strengthening.

- (c) &(d)   Status of up-gradation in district Hospitals and Maternity centres,State/UT wiseincluding Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure.

As  informed  by  the  State  Governmentof  Uttar  Pradesh,upgradation  of  Shayama Prasad Mukherjee(SPM) Civil Hospital, Lucknow, a 100% state funded project,has been undertaken by them.

## ANNEXURE

| Status of sanctioned upgradation/renovation of district hospitals and Maternal &Child Health   | Status of sanctioned upgradation/renovation of district hospitals and Maternal &Child Health   | Status of sanctioned upgradation/renovation of district hospitals and Maternal &Child Health   | Status of sanctioned upgradation/renovation of district hospitals and Maternal &Child Health   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                          | States/ Union Territory                                                                        | sanctioned upgradation/renovation of district hospitals, Source: MIS 2021)                     | MCHwings Sanctioned (August 2021), Source- State PIP                                           |
| 1                                                                                              | Andaman and Nicobar                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 2                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 | 0                                                                                              | 11                                                                                             |
| 3                                                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                              | 95                                                                                             | 2                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                          | 31                                                                                             | 15                                                                                             |
| 5                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                          | 25                                                                                             | 21                                                                                             |
| 6                                                                                              | Chandigarh                                                                                     | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 7                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                   | 690                                                                                            | 30                                                                                             |
| 8                                                                                              | Dadra and Nagar Haveli &Daman Diu                                                              | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 9                                                                                              | Delhi                                                                                          | 2                                                                                              | 2                                                                                              |
| 10                                                                                             | Goa                                                                                            | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 11                                                                                             | Gujarat                                                                                        | 44                                                                                             | 0                                                                                              |
| 12                                                                                             | Haryana                                                                                        | 0                                                                                              | 6                                                                                              |
| 13                                                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                                                               | 0                                                                                              | 10                                                                                             |
| 14                                                                                             | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                              | 11                                                                                             | 9                                                                                              |
| 15                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                      | 0                                                                                              | 1                                                                                              |
| 16                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                      | 6                                                                                              | 62                                                                                             |
| 17                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                         | 80                                                                                             | 14                                                                                             |
| 18                                                                                             | Ladakh                                                                                         | N/A*                                                                                           | 1                                                                                              |
| 19                                                                                             | Lakshwadeep                                                                                    | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 20                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                 | 176                                                                                            | 23                                                                                             |
| 21                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                    | 511                                                                                            | 18                                                                                             |
| 22                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                        | 23                                                                                             | 0                                                                                              |
| 23                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                      | 42                                                                                             | 3                                                                                              |
| 24                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                        | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 25                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                       | 17                                                                                             | 0                                                                                              |
| 26                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                         | 520                                                                                            | 64                                                                                             |
| 27                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                         | 22                                                                                             | 38                                                                                             |
| 28                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                     | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 29                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                      | 226                                                                                            | 42                                                                                             |
| 30                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                         | 12                                                                                             | 1                                                                                              |
| 31                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                      | 0                                                                                              | 22                                                                                             |
| 32                                                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                                                     | 465                                                                                            | 32                                                                                             |
| 33                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                        | 2                                                                                              | 3                                                                                              |

| 34    | Uttar Pradesh   |   129 |   160 |
|-------|-----------------|-------|-------|
| 35    | Uttarakhand     |     8 |     3 |
| 36    | West Bengal     |   178 |    14 |
| Total | Total           |  3315 |   607 |

* Ladakh was part of erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir