Lok Sabha Question No. 3841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: National Level Medical Institutes
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3841 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021

## NATIONAL LEVEL MEDICAL INSTITUTES

3841:

SHRI NATARAJAN PR:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of availability of National level medical Institutes Disabilities like Locomotor Disabilities Pt specifically for physical Persons with Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Phesical Disabilities (Divyangian) (PDUNIPPD) and for rehabilitation training and research i.e. Swami   Vivekanand National   Institute of Rehabilitation   Training Research (SVNIRTAR); and ie:
- ebcthee number of disabled persons who have availed Inpatient/Outpatient each year of the past five years; and treatment during
- (c) the total number %f beds available for mental health patients and the these mental health facilities in these institutes? occupancy rate of

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SUSHRI PRATIMA BHOUMIK)

- 03) There are nine National Institutes (Nls) working under the Department of of   Persons with Disabilities  (DEPwD) (Divyangjan) specializing endiffetenpokirdseof disabilities, Details of these Institutes are at Annexure-L kinds of

The main objectives of these\_Institutes are to train rehabilitation disabilities, to provide rehabilitation personnel in the field of services to Persons with Disabilities and to undertake

- (b) Number of disabled persons who have availed inpatientloutpatient of past five years are as under:treatment each during
- (c) No beds have been provided in these Institutes for mental health patients. #***#

| Year       | Number of inpatients   | Number of outpatients   |
|------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|            | 1411                   | 785328                  |
| p017-2018  | 1538                   | 773782                  |
| 2018-2019  | 1562                   |                         |
| po19-2020  | 1653                   | 852772                  |
| 12020-2021 | 906                    | 823932                  |
| Total      |                        | 487762                  |
|            | 7070                   | 3723576                 |

## Details of National Institutes

| S. No.   | National Institutes (NIs) Persons                                                                                                                 | Specialized Disability        |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|          | with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD) New Delhi [Swami Vivekanand National  Tnstitute   of Rehabilitation {riningand Research (SVNIRTAR) Cuttachz | [Locomotor                    |
|          | NNational Institute for Locomotor Disabilities INILD) Kolkata                                                                                     | Locomotor                     |
|          |                                                                                                                                                   | [Locomotor                    |
|          | Ivisual Disabilities (NEPVD) Dehradun                                                                                                             | Visual                        |
| 5        | JAli Yavar National Institute of Disabilities (A Speech and YJNISHD) Mumbai Jung Hearing                                                          | Speech and Hearing            |
| 6        | IIntellectual Disabilities NNEPID) Secunderabsar National Institute for                                                                           | IIntellectual                 |
|          | Empowerment of   Persons with IIndian Sign   Language  Research and Training Centre JISLRTC) Delhi                                                | IMultiple                     |
|          | NNational Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation (NIMHR) Sehore                                                                                | Language IMental Health [Sign |