Lok Sabha Question No. 3400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Government hospitals for Cancer Treatment
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3400 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS FOR CANCER TREATMENT

## 3400.    SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

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

- (a) the number of Government institutions/hospitals for the treatment of cancer patients in the country, State/ UT-wise including West Bengal;
- (b) whether the number of above institutions/ hospitals is far fewer compared to the number of cancer patients in the country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the action being taken by the Government in this regard to ensure availability of adequate treatment facilities for the cancer patients?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):  Health is a state subject. The Department of Health & Family Welfare, however, provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), as  part  of  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  based  on  the  proposals  received  from  the States/UTs and subject to the resource envelope. Cancer is an integral part of NPCDCS. The programme  focuses  on  strengthening  infrastructure,  human  resource  development,  health promotion & awareness generation for Cancer prevention, early diagnosis, management and referral to an appropriate level of healthcare facility for treatment of the Non-Communicable Diseases, including Cancer.

Patients  with  non-communicable diseases including  cancer are  getting treatment at various health  facilities  in  the  health  care  delivery  system  including  Districts  Hospitals,  Medical Colleges,  Central  Institutes  like  AIIMS  and  private  sector  hospitals.  The  treatment  in Government Hospitals is either free or highly subsidized for the poor and needy.

Under NPCDCS, 677 NCD clinics at District level, 266 District Day Care Centres and 5392 NCD clinics at Community Health Centre level has been set up to ensure the treatment of common NCDs.

The  Central  Government  is  also  implementing  Strengthening  of  Tertiary  Care  of  Cancer Scheme in order to enhance the facilities for tertiary care of cancer. 19 State Cancer Institutes (SCIs) and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs) have been approved so far under the said scheme. The details of SCIs and TCCCs are provided in Annexure 1.

There  is  also  focus  on  Oncology  in  its  various  aspects  in  case  of  new  AIIMS  and  many upgraded institutions under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY). The details are provided in Annexure 2. Setting up of National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar (Haryana) and second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Kolkata are also steps in this direction. All these enhance the capacity for treatment of cancer in the country.

The treatment for in-patient care is also available under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (PMJAY)  for  10.74  crore  families  eligible  under  AB-PMJAY  as  per Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) database.

The cancer treatment is available in 29 Government Hospitals in West Bengal. The details of services available in the health facilities are provided below,

-  Dedicated medical oncology and surgical oncology department are present at Medical College, Kolkata.
-  Radiation oncology services are available at 12 medical colleges.
-  Medical, surgical and gynaecological oncology services are available at all 18 medical colleges
-  Maintenance chemotherapy services available at 11 district hospitals
-  A total of 1074 IPD are available at all medical college & hospitals and CNCI

## Details of SCI/TCCCs:

|   S No | State            | Name of the Institute                                                 | SCI / TCCC   |
|--------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool                                      | SCI          |
|      2 | Assam            | Gauhati Medical College &Hospital, Guwahati                           | SCI          |
|      3 | Bihar            | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna                    | SCI          |
|      4 | Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur                  | SCI          |
|      5 | Delhi            | Lok Nayak Jay Prakash Narayan Hospital                                | TCCC         |
|      6 | Gujarat          | Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad                          | SCI          |
|      7 | Goa              | Goa Medical College, Panaji                                           | TCCC         |
|      8 | Haryana          | Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt                                          | TCCC         |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla                                 | TCCC         |
|     10 | Himachal Pradesh | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College, Mandi                       | TCCC         |
|     11 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar                | SCI          |
|     12 |                  | Government Medical College, Jammu                                     | SCI          |
|     13 | Jharkhand        | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi                        | SCI          |
|     14 | Karnataka        | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (RCC), Bengaluru                | SCI          |
|     15 |                  | Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya                          | TCCC         |
|     16 | Kerala           | Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram                            | SCI          |
|     17 |                  | Government Medical College, Kozhikode                                 | TCCC         |
|     18 | Madhya Pradesh   | G.R. Medical College, Gwalior                                         | TCCC         |
|     19 |                  | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur                  | SCI          |
|     20 | Maharashtra      | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital& Research Centre, Nagpur | TCCC         |
|     21 |                  | Government Medical College, Aurangabad                                | SCI          |
|     22 |                  | Vivekanand Foundation &Research Centre, Latur                         | TCCC         |
|     23 | Mizoram          | Mizoram State Cancer Institute, Aizawl                                | TCCC         |
|     24 | Nagaland         | District Hospital, Kohima                                             | TCCC         |
|     25 | Odisha           | Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack                       | SCI          |
|     26 | Punjab           | Government Medical College, Amritsar                                  | SCI          |
|     27 |                  | Civil Hospital, Fazilka                                               | TCCC         |
|     28 | Rajasthan        | S P Medical College, Bikaner                                          | TCCC         |
|     29 |                  | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                           | SCI          |
|     30 |                  | Jhalawar Medical College &Hospital, Jhalawar                          | TCCC         |
|     31 | Sikkim           | Multispecialty Hospital at Sochygang (Sichey), near Gangtok, Sikkim   | TCCC         |
|     32 | Tamil Nadu       | Cancer Institute (RCC), Adyar, Chennai                                | SCI          |
|     33 | Telangana        | MNJ Institute of Oncology &RCC, Hyderabad                             | SCI          |
|     34 | Tripura          | Cancer Hospital (RCC), Agartala                                       | SCI          |
|     35 | Uttar Pradesh    | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow     | TCCC         |
|     36 | Uttarakhand      | Government Medical College, Haldwani                                  | SCI          |
|     37 | West Bengal      | Government Medical College, Burdwan                                   | TCCC         |
|     38 |                  | Murshidabad Medical College &Hospital, Berhampore, Murshidabad        | TCCC         |
|     39 |                  | Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata           | TCCC         |

## Annexure 1

## Details of AIIMS:

|   Sl. | AIIMS       | Status                                         |   Sl. | AIIMS     | Status                                         |
|-------|-------------|------------------------------------------------|-------|-----------|------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Bhopal      | Functional with Cancer Treatment Facility      |    12 | Bathinda  | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     2 | Bhubaneswar | Functional with Cancer Treatment Facility      |    13 | Guwahati  | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     3 | Jodhpur     | Functional with Cancer Treatment Facility      |    14 | Bilaspur  | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     4 | Patna       | Functional with Cancer Treatment Facility      |    15 | Deoghar   | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     5 | Raipur      | Functional with Cancer Treatment Facility      |    16 | Jammu     | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     6 | Rishikesh   | Functional with Cancer Treatment Facility      |    17 | Kashmir   | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     7 | Raebareli   | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |    18 | Madurai   | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     8 | Mangalagiri | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |    19 | Rajkot    | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|     9 | Nagpur      | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |    20 | Bibinagar | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|    10 | Kalyani     | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |    21 | Manethi   | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |
|    11 | Gorakhpur   | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |    22 | Darbhanga | Focus to set up with Cancer Treatment Facility |

## Details of upgraded Government Medical Colleges:

| Sl.       | State            | Name ofGMC                                     | Facility                     |
|-----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Phase-I   | Phase-I          |                                                |                              |
| 1.        | Jharkhand        | RIMS Ranchi                                    | 68 bedded Oncology Block     |
| Phase-II  | Phase-II         |                                                |                              |
| 2.        | Punjab           | GMCAmritsar                                    | Oncology                     |
| 3.        | Himachal Pradesh | Rajendra Prasad Govt. Medical College, Tanda   | Oncology                     |
| Phase-III | Phase-III        |                                                |                              |
| 4         | Karnataka        | Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli | Medical Oncology             |
| 5         | Rajasthan        | SP Medical College, Bikaner                    | Surgical Oncology            |
| 6         | Rajasthan        | RNT Medical College, Udaipur                   | Radiotherapy/Oncology        |
| 7         | Telangana        | Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal             | Medical Oncology             |
| 8         | Uttar Pradesh    | Govt Medical College, Gorakhpur                | Surgical Oncology            |
| 10        | Uttar Pradesh    | M.L.N Government Medical College, Allahabad    | Surgical Oncology            |
| 11.       | Uttar Pradesh    | LLRM Medical College, Meerut.                  | Radiotherapy                 |
| Phase-IV  | Phase-IV         |                                                |                              |
| 12        | Uttar Pradesh    | GMCAgra                                        | Radiation / Medical Oncology |
| 13.       | Bihar            | Patna                                          | Radiotherapy (equipment)     |

## Annexure 2