Lok Sabha Question No. 730 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Multidisciplinary Research Unit
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary, Sanjeev Kumar Singari, Kaushal Kishore, Arjunlal Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 730 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH February, 2021

## MULTIDISCIPLINARY RE SEARCH UNIT

## 730. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE: SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  schemes  to promote  multi  disciplinary  research  in Government medical colleges and hospitals, if so, the det ails of the scheme thereof along with such research units established so far, State/UT and medical college - wise;
- (b) the details of the proposal in place to establish new MDR units in various medical colleges across the country, State/UT - wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan;
- (c) the time line proposed to establish new MDR units thereof;
- (d) the funds allocated and disbursed for establishing new MDR u its during last three years; and
- (e)  whether  any  schemes  exist  for  establishing  State levelregional  reference  laboratory  for communicablediseases, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): Yes.  In  the  year  2013 -14,  the  Government  introduced  the  scheme  of  establishing Multidisciplinary  Research  Unit  (MRUs)  in  Government  Medical  Colleges  to  strengthen research environment, bridge the gap in infrastructure inhibiting health research, and im e the overall health status of the population by creating evidence based application of dia procedure/processes/methods.

So  far  80  MRUs  have  been  approved.  Statement  containing  details  of  80  units State/UT and medical college - wise is annexed.

- (b ) & (c): Proposals for establishing new MRUs are received on continuous basis from all the States and Union Territories of India. These are considered in the Department as pe scheme  guidelines.  After  completion  of  necessary  requirements,  approval  for establishing MRUs is accorded.

(d) : The funding norms, as per scheme guidelines, provide for non - recurring and recurring grant in the following manner:

Non - Recurring Grant:

- (i)Civil Construction --- Rs. 0.25 crore
- (ii) Equipments --- Rs. 5.00 crore in 03 installments

## Recurring Grant:

- (i)Salaries --- Rs. 0.252 crore
- (ii) Contingencies --- Rs. 0.222 crore

Funds of Rs. 26.25 crore have been disbursed during the last 03 years for establishing MRUs as per the funding norms of the scheme.

(e): Department  of  Health  Research  has  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  titled  'Setting - up  of nation wide network of laboratories for managing epidemics and national calamities'. The Scheme  has  mandate  to  create  three  tier  networks  of  Virus  Research  and  Diagn osis Laboratories  at  Regional  Level,  State  level  and  Medical  College  Level  for  time diagnosis/identification  of  viruses  during  outbreaks  of  epidemics  and  generation  of about viral diseases for facilitating quick deployment of resources & measures to ave the human lives.

Regional Laboratories have state - of - art facilities so that it could achieve the objectives in research, continuous monitoring and surveillance of existing as well as new viral other  strains  and  handling  of  viruses  etc.  with  a  po tential  of  being  used  as  agents  of bioterrorism, capacity building, diagnosis, development of diagnostic kits etc.

State Level Laboratories are equipped with BSL - 2  facility and expected to carry out serology, RT - PCR, isolation, fluorescence microscopy, t issue culture and sequencing for all enlisted viruses. These laboratories are also expected to be involved in basic as w applied research on viruses, development of kits and diagnostic reagents and identific of unknown/referred samples from the Sub-state level laboratories.

Medical College Laboratories, in case of any outbreak / epidemic, carry out the in diagnosis/ screening at the most peripheral areas & nearest to the site of outbreak. the  medical  college  labs  are  expected  to  ident ify  all  listed  common  viruses,  the viruses/agents which cannot be identified by these labs are referred to the State/Reg Labs for identification and / or characterization.

Till date total 118 Labs - 10 Regional Level, 23 State Level and 85 Medical Col lege Level Labs have been established across the country.

## List of existing MRUs as referred to in part (a) of the question

| S.No   | Name of the approved medical college                                                                                |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | Siddhartha Medical College, Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh                                                               |
| 2      | Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinda, Andhra                                                                          |
| 3      | Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh                                                               |
| 4      | SV Medical College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh                                                                        |
| 5      | Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana                                                                       |
| 6      | Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Telangana                                                                     |
| 7      | Nizam Institute of Medical Science, Hyderabad, Telangana                                                            |
| 8      | Silcher Medical College and Hospital, Silcher, Assam                                                                |
| 9      | Zorhat Medical College, Zorhat, Assam                                                                               |
| 10     | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta, Assam                                                                |
| 11     | Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh                                                                       |
| 12     | Pt. BD Sharma Medical College, Rohtak                                                                               |
| 13     | MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur Jharkhand                                                                           |
| 14     | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand                                                           |
| 15     | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, H. P.                                                                        |
| 16     | Dr. R.P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra at Tanda, H. P.                                                              |
| 17     | Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan                                                                        |
| 18     | Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan.                                                                   |
| 19     | J.L.N. Medical College & Associated Group of Hospital, Ajmer, Rajasthan                                             |
| 20     | SMS Medical College, Jaipur. Rajasthan                                                                              |
| 21     | R.N.T Medical College, Udaipur                                                                                      |
| 22     | Rajasthan University of Health Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan                                                          |
| 23     | Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan                                                                         |
| 24     | Madras Medical College, ChennaiTamil Nadu                                                                           |
| 25     | Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu                                                                |
| 26     | Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu                                                                  |
| 27     | Dr.ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Taramani, Tamil Nadu                                      |
| 28     | Medical College, Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu                                                                               |
| 29     | Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu                                                       |
| 30     | Govt. Theni Medical College, Theni, Tamil Nadu                                                                      |
| 31     | Chengalpattu Medical College, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu                                                              |
| 32     | Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu                                                                        |
| 33     | Agartala Govt. Medical College, Agartala, Tripura Govt. Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand                      |
| 34     | Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Govt Medical Science & Research                                                         |
| 35     | Institute, Srinagar, Uttarakhand                                                                                    |
| 36     | R.G. Kar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal Medical College & Hospital , Kolkata, West                           |
| 37 38  | Bengal Institute of Post Graduate Medical College Education & Research , Kolkata,                                   |
|        | West Bengal                                                                                                         |
| 39 40  | Nil Ratan Sirkar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi                |
| 41     | Vallabh Bhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi                                                                           |
|        | Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi                                                                             |
| 42     |                                                                                                                     |
| 43     | S.S. Medical College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh                                                                          |
| 44     | Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh M.G.M. Medical College, Indore,Madhya Pradesh |
| 45     | Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh                                                                      |
| 46     | GR Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                                         |
| 47 48  | S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha                                                                             |
| 49     | VSS Medical College, Burla, Odisha                                                                                  |

## Annexure

|   50 | M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur,, Odisha                                     |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   51 | Goa Medical College, Goa                                                         |
|   52 | Seth G.S Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra                      |
|   53 | Dr. Vaishampayan Memorial Government Medical College, Sholapur, Maharashtra      |
|   54 | Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra                                  |
|   55 | B.J. Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra*                                         |
|   56 | G.S.V.M Medical College, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh                                    |
|   57 | King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                           |
|   58 | Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, Utttar Pradesh |
|   59 | Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Safai, Etawah Uttar Pradesh      |
|   60 | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar                        |
|   61 | Dharwad Institute of Medical Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka                        |
|   62 | Mandya Medical College, Karnataka                                                |
|   63 | Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka                        |
|   64 | Shimoga Instt. Of Medical Sciences, Shimoga, Karnataka                           |
|   65 | Mysore Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka                                        |
|   66 | Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan, Karnataka                          |
|   67 | Govt. Medical College, Jammu, J&K                                                |
|   68 | Govt. Medical College, Srinagar, J&K                                             |
|   69 | Sher-i-Kashmir Medical College, Srinagar, J&K                                    |
|   70 | M.P.Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat                                      |
|   71 | SMIMER, Surat, Gujarat                                                           |
|   72 | Medical College, Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala                                        |
|   73 | Calicut Medical College, Kerala                                                  |
|   74 | Govt. medical College, Kottayam, Kerala                                          |
|   75 | Govt. medical College, Amritsar Punjab                                           |
|   76 | Govt. Medical College, Patiala Punjab                                            |
|   77 | Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab                              |
|   78 | Government Medical College, Chandigarh                                           |
|   79 | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur                          |
|   80 | AIIMS, Rishikesh                                                                 |