Lok Sabha Question No. 2175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Robotic Surgery and Pregnancy Screen Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2175 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 th  JULY, 2022

## ROBOTIC SURGERY AND PREGNANCY SCREEN CENTRES

## 2175.  SHRI  SANJAY BHATIA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  hospitals  with  robotic  surgery  facilities  and  early pregnancy screen centres in the country;

(b) if so, whether the Government proposes to facilitate making robotic surgery facility and early pregnancy  screening  centres  available  in  Kalpana  Chawla  Government  Medical  College  in Karnal Parliamentary Constituency; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (c) Under National Health Mission (NHM), technical and financial support to the States are given as per the proposals submitted by the States/UTs in the form of Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) based on the requirements, including maternal and child health and state  specific  innovations,  and  the  approvals  are  accorded  as  Record  of  Proceedings  (RoP)  to States/UTs.

As  per  the  information  received  from  State  Government  of  Haryana,  the  facility  for Robotic  Surgery  and  early  pregnancy  screen  centres  is  not  available  in  Kalpana  Chawla Government Medical College in Karnal Parliamentary Constituency. However, early detection of pregnancy  and  antenatal  care  is  provided  at  Kalpana  Chawla  Government  Medical  College, Karnal.

Further,  one  of  the  component  of  the  12-packages  to  deliver  Comprehensive  Primary Healthcare under Ayushman Bharat - Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWC) scheme is 'Care in pregnancy and childbirth' and includes:

-  Early diagnosis and registration of pregnancy and issuing of ID number and Mother and Child protection card
-  Ensuring  four  antenatal  care  checks  of  high  risk  pregnancies  including  screening  of Hypertension,  Gestational  Diabetes,  Anaemia,  HIV,  Hepatitis  b,  Thyroid  Profile  for hype- or hyper- thyroidism, syphilis, etc.
-  Referral and follow up of the high risk pregnancy cases.
-  Counselling  regarding  care  during  pregnancy  including  information  about  nutritional requirements
-  Facilitating institutional delivery and supporting birth planning

The Government has formulated several schemes/ programmes for facilitating check-ups and screening of pregnant women, which are as follows:

-  Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) provides assured, dignified, respectful and quality healthcare at no cost and zero tolerance for denial of services for every woman and newborn visiting public health facilities to end all preventable maternal and newborn deaths.
-  Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) provides pregnant women a fixed  day,  free  of  cost  assured  and  quality  antenatal  check  up  by  a  Specialist/Medical Officer on the 9th day of every month.
-  Monthly  Village  Health,  Sanitation  and  Nutrition  Day  (VHSND) is  an  outreach activity at Anganwadi centers for provision of maternal and child care including nutrition in convergence with the ICDS.
-  MCP Card and Safe Motherhood Booklet are  distributed to the pregnant women for educating them on diet, rest, danger signs of pregnancy, benefit schemes and institutional deliveries.
-  Reproductive  and  child  health  (RCH)  portal is  a  name-based  web-enabled  tracking system for pregnant women and new born so as to ensure seamless provision of complete services to them including antenatal care, institutional delivery and post-natal care.

-  Outreach  camps are  provisioned  for  improving  the  reach  of  health  care  services especially  in  tribal  and  hard  to  reach  areas.  This  platform  is  used  to  increase  the awareness for the Maternal & Child health services, community mobilization as well as to track high risk pregnancies.