Lok Sabha Question No. 2088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Healthcare Infrastructure
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

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

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2088 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 th DECEMBER, 2021

## HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE

## 2088.  SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

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

- (a) whether it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  is  considering  to  launch  mobile  hospitals which can be transported by rail or air to any part of the country, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the Government is considering developing critical care hospital blocks in602 districts and if so, the details thereof; (c) whether  the  Government  aims  to  set  up  1,50,000  Ayushman  Bharat  Health  and Wellness Centres and if so, the details and present status thereof; and (d) whether the Government has sanctioned 157 medical colleges to ensure that every district has at least one medical college; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) Under  PM  Ayushman  Bharat  Health  Infrastructure  Mission  (PM-ABHIM),  it  is envisaged to develop two self-contained Container Based Mobile Hospitals as a part of Strengthening Disaster and Epidemic Preparedness. These can be deployed at a short notice,  during  emergencies  such  as  natural  calamities  or  disasters  and  epidemic outbreaks, as per the needs of the country.

(b) Government  of  India  is  developing  critical  care  hospital  blocks  in  602  districts under PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM). Government of India  has  launched  PM-ABHIM  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  64,180  crores  till  2025-26 envisages increased investments in public health and other health reforms to safeguard against future public health emergencies by focusing in health infrastructure.

(c) Government  of  India  aims  to  set  up  1,50,000  Ayushman  Bharat  Health  and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs)  by December  2022, as the platform to deliver Comprehensive  Primary  Health  Care  (CPHC)  closer  to  the  home.  Under  Ayushman Bharat, the existing Sub-health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are being  transformed  into  AB-HWCs  to  deliver  Comprehensive  Primary  Health  Care (CPHC)  that  includes  preventive,  promotive,  curative,  palliative and  rehabilitative services which is universal, free and close to the community. As per HWC Portal, total of 80,545 nos. of AB-HWC (including 54,507 SHC-HWC, 21,830 PHC-HWC and 4208 UPHC-HWC) are operationalised as on 2 nd December 2021.

(d) & (e) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for 'Establishment of New Medical Colleges Attached with Existing District/Referral  Hospitals'.  Under  this  scheme,  157  new  medical  colleges  have  been sanctioned in three phases. Out of these, 70 medical colleges have become functional. State-wise details of approved 157 new medical colleges are placed at Annexure.

## Annexure

State-wise details of approved 157 new medical colleges

| Sl. No.        | State/UT          | No. of colleges   | Districts                                                                             |
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Phase-I (58)   | Phase-I (58)      | Phase-I (58)      | Phase-I (58)                                                                          |
| 1              | A & N Islands     | 1                 | Port Blair                                                                            |
| 2              | Arunachal Pradesh | 1                 | Naharlagun                                                                            |
| 3              | Assam             | 4                 | Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Diphu                                                |
| 4              | Bihar             | 3                 | Purnia, Saran (Chhapara), Samastipur                                                  |
| 5              | Chhattisgarh      | 2                 | Rajnandgaon, Sarguja                                                                  |
| 6              | Himachal Pradesh  | 3                 | Chamba, Hamirpur, Nahan (Sirmour)                                                     |
| 7              | Haryana           | 1                 | Bhiwani                                                                               |
| 8              | Jharkhand         | 3                 | Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj)                                                |
| 9              | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5                 | Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua                                            |
| 10             | Madhya Pradesh    | 7                 | Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, Shivpuri                         |
| 11             | Maharashtra       | 1                 | Gondia                                                                                |
| 12             | Meghalaya         | 1                 | West Garo Hills (Tura)                                                                |
| 13             | Mizoram           | 1                 | Falkawn                                                                               |
| 14             | Nagaland          | 1                 | Naga Hospital (Kohima)                                                                |
| 15             | Odisha            | 5                 | Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Puri                              |
| 16             | Punjab            | 1                 | SAS Nagar                                                                             |
| 17             | Rajasthan         | 7                 | Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali, Sikar                            |
| 18             | Uttar Pradesh     | 5                 | Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Bahraich                                    |
| 19             | Uttarakhand       | 1                 | Almora                                                                                |
| 20             | West Bengal       | 5                 | Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch behar, Diamond harbour, Purulia, Raiganj (North Dinajpur) |
| Phase -II (24) | Phase -II (24)    | Phase -II (24)    | Phase -II (24)                                                                        |
| 1              | Bihar             | 5                 | Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Buxar, Jamui                                           |
| 2              | Jharkhand         | 2                 | Koderma, Chaibasa (Singhbhum)                                                         |
| 3              | Madhya Pradesh    | 1                 | Satna                                                                                 |
| 4              | Odisha            | 1                 | Jajpur                                                                                |
| 5              | Rajasthan         | 1                 | Dholpur                                                                               |
| 6              | Uttar Pradesh     | 8                 | Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Deoria,            |

|                |                 |                | Ghazipur, Mirzapur                                                                                                                                      |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7              | West Bengal     | 5              | Barasat, Uluberia, Arambagh, Jhargram, Tamluk                                                                                                           |
| 8              | Sikkim          | 1              | Gangtok                                                                                                                                                 |
| Phase-III (75) | Phase-III (75)  | Phase-III (75) | Phase-III (75)                                                                                                                                          |
| 1              | Andhra Pradesh  | 3              | Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam                                                                                                                      |
| 2              | Assam           | 1              | Kokrajhar                                                                                                                                               |
| 3              | Chhattisgarh    | 3              | Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker                                                                                                                               |
| 4              | Gujarat         | 5              | Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi                                                                                                          |
| 5              | Jammu & Kashmir | 2              | Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)                                                                                                                     |
| 6              | Karnataka       | 4              | Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura                                                                                                        |
| 7              | Ladakh          | 1              | Leh                                                                                                                                                     |
| 8              | Madhya Pradesh  | 6              | Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli                                                                                                  |
| 9              | Maharashtra     | 1              | Nandurbar                                                                                                                                               |
| 10             | Manipur         | 1              | Churachandpur                                                                                                                                           |
| 11             | Nagaland        | 1              | Mon                                                                                                                                                     |
| 12             | Odisha          | 1              | Kalahandi                                                                                                                                               |
| 13             | Punjab          | 2              | Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur                                                                                                                                  |
| 14             | Rajasthan       | 15             | Alwar, Baran, Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli, Nagaur, ShriGanganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa     |
| 15             | Uttarakhand     | 3              | Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar                                                                                              |
| 16             | Uttar Pradesh   | 14             | Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, LakhimpurKheri, Chandauli, Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Amethi |
| 17             | Tamil Nadu      | 11             | Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi                     |
| 18             | West Bengal     | 1              | Jalpaiguri                                                                                                                                              |