Lok Sabha Question No. 2112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Availability of ECMO Machines and Ventilator Ambulances
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2112 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 th  July, 2022

## AVAILABILITY OF ECMO MACHINES AND VENTILATOR AMBULANCES

## 2112: SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

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

- (a) the details of number of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) machines and ICU beds available in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  necessary  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  availability  of  such machines in the country;
- (c) the  details  of  number  of  ventilator  ambulances  available  in  the  country,  State/UTwise; and
- (d) the necessary steps taken by the Government to increase the availability of ventilator ambulances in the country?

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

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (d):  It  is  primarily  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments/Union  Territories  to make  efforts  for  increasing  the  availability  of  Extra  Corporeal  Membrane  Oxygenation (ECMO)  machines,  ICU  Beds  and  ventilator  ambulances  in  their  hospitals.  Few  ECMO machines and ventilator ambulances are available in various hospitals. Central Government provides  assistance  to  the  State  Governments  in  their  efforts  to  provide  better  health  care facilities  to  people  through  various  schemes  including  Pradhan  Mantri  Swasthya  Suraksha Yojana  (PMSSY) and National  Health  Mission  (NHM).  Data  of  ICU  beds  in  some  of  the Hospitals under Central Government is annexed.

## Annexure

|   S. No. | Name of Hospital/Institutes                                                  |   Total Number of ICU Beds |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi                                                   |                         67 |
|        2 | Dr. RMLHospital, Delhi                                                       |                         93 |
|        3 | LHMC and Associated Hospitals, Delhi                                         |                         37 |
|        4 | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh |                        202 |
|        5 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi                       |                        328 |
|        6 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar                 |                        109 |
|        7 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur                     |                        131 |
|        8 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh                   |                        200 |
|        9 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal                      |                        141 |
|       10 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna                       |                        121 |
|       11 | National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore   |                         85 |
|       12 | Kasturba Health Society (MGIMS), Sevagram                                    |                        130 |
|       13 | National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), Delhi   |                         14 |