Lok Sabha Question No. 2126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Audit of Manufactured and Allocated Ventilators
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2126 TO BE ANSWERS ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## AUDIT OF MANUFACTURED AND ALLOCATED VENTILATORS

## 2126.  SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  an  audit  to  ascertain  if  the  ventilators manufactured and allotted to hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic are functional and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor ;

(b)   whether  the  Government  has  mapped  the  allocation  of  such  ventilators  State/UT/ district-wise and at the hospital level, if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  details  of  the  ventilators  allotted  to  State/UT/district-wise  specifically  to Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a) An  Independent  assessment  of  Installation,  Commissioning  and  Operation  of ventilators  was  carried  out.    35  Teams  were  constituted  which  physically  visited  the States/UTs. Each team comprised a representative each from Director General of Heath Service  (Dte.GHS),  Central  Drugs  Standard  Control  Organization  (CDSCO)  and  HLL Lifecare  Limited.  The  teams  co-opted  one  member  each  from  each  user  hospital  and manufacturer whose ventilator is supplied in the hospital.

These 35 teams covered 606 Districts and 1699 hospitals in 35 States/Union Territories. 38729  'Make  in  India'  ventilators  were  evaluated.  As  assessed  during  this  exercise around  90%  of  ventilators  were  found  to  be  functional  and  rest  were  made  fully functional after some interventions by manufacturers of these ventilators.

(b) & (c) State wise allocation of Ventilators is made based on the demand projected by the States/UTs.  Number of ventilators provided State/UT wise is enclosed at annexure. Allocation to Districts and Hospitals is  made by the State Government. A total of 313 Ventilators were provided to District Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

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Annexure Details of Ventilators provided to States/UTs/Central Institutions

## based on demand projected by States/UTs

|   S.No. | State / UT / Central Government Institutions   |   Number of Ventiltors provided |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                    |                              34 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                                 |                            5610 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                              |                              63 |
|       4 | Assam                                          |                            1000 |
|       5 | Bihar                                          |                             500 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                                     |                             109 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                                   |                             515 |
|       8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu          |                              20 |
|       9 | Delhi                                          |                            1080 |
|      10 | Goa                                            |                             200 |
|      11 | Gujarat                                        |                            5700 |
|      12 | Haryana                                        |                             673 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                               |                             500 |
|      14 | Jammu and Kashmir                              |                             908 |
|      15 | Jharkhand                                      |                            1410 |
|      16 | Karnataka                                      |                            2871 |
|      17 | Kerala                                         |                             480 |
|      18 | Ladakh                                         |                             130 |
|      19 | Madhya Pradesh                                 |                            1611 |
|      20 | Maharashtra                                    |                            5554 |
|      21 | Manipur                                        |                             247 |
|      22 | Meghalaya                                      |                              86 |
|      23 | Mizoram                                        |                             115 |
|      24 | Nagaland                                       |                             320 |
|      25 | Odisha                                         |                             617 |
|      26 | Puducherry                                     |                             107 |
|      27 | Punjab                                         |                             809 |
|      28 | Rajasthan                                      |                            1900 |
|      29 | Sikkim                                         |                               0 |
|      30 | Tamil Nadu                                     |                            2775 |
|      31 | Telangana                                      |                            1796 |
|      32 | Tripura                                        |                              92 |
|      33 | Uttarakhand                                    |                             800 |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh                                  |                            5216 |
|      35 | West Bengal                                    |                            1480 |
|      36 | Lakshadweep                                    |                              57 |
|      37 | Central Institutions                           |                            4813 |