Lok Sabha Question No. 774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-05
Subject: Availability of Beds in Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Asaduddin Owaisi, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 774 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## AVAILABILITY OF BEDS IN HOSPITALS

## 774. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

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

- (a) whether as per Human Development Report 2020 India ranks 155th among 167 countries on availability of beds in Hospitals to its population; if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) whether the patient - bed ratio has improved in thecountry during the COVID - 19 pandemic period as a result of improvement in healthcare infrastructure;
- (c)  the  number  of  Government  hospitals  along  with number  of  beds  available  State/UT - wise particularly in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra;
- (d) whether the Gover nment has assessed the number of hospitals and beds required for patients inurban and rural areas, State/UT - wise, if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has allocated funds to the States/UTs for setting up of hospitals and increasing bedsduring each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and other necessary steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a):  As per the Human Development Report 2020 prepared by United Nations Development Programme, India ranks 131 in the Human Development Index. The said report can be access from http://hdr.undp.or g/en/2020 - report . The country - specific ranking based on availability of beds in hospitals to population, as mentioned in the question, is based on newspaper articles. The

methodology of the ranking adopted by the concerned newspapers is not known to thi s Ministry. However,  there  is  no  country -wise  ranking  mentioned  in Human  Development  Report  2020 based on availability of beds in Hospitals to its population.

(b): India  COVID- 19  Emergency  Response  and  Health  System  Preparedness  Package  was approved by Cabinet on 22 nd April 2020 with an object iveto prevent ,detect and respond to the threat post by COVID - 19.Under the Package, the States /UTs have been provided support for the improvementofinfrastructure only in public health facilities .Accordingly, as reported by all the States/UTs on Health Management Information System maintained by this Ministry, the numbe of beds available in Government hospitals (i.e. PHC, CHC, SDH and DH) has increased from 631222 as on 1 April 2020 to 760100 as on 1 January 2021.

(c):  The number of Government hospitals (i.e., PHC, CHC, SDH and DH) and number of beds available in these health facilities as reported by States/UTs on Health Management Infor System main tained by this Ministry is placed at Annexure .

(d)  to  (f): Public  Health  and  hospitals,  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibil providing  accessible,  affordable  and  quality  healthcare  including  setting  up  of  new hospitals, upgradation  and  s trengthening  of  existing  health  facilities  lies  with  the  State Governments. Under the National Health Mission (NHM) ,however, financial and technical support is provided to States/UTs for strengthening their healthcare systems including for expansion of it s public health institutions as well as for deployment of human resources to cater to public health servic to all citizen based on the proposals received from States/UTsthrough Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) . The details of State/UT wise allocation of funds through PIPs can be accessed from the website of National Health Mission ( https://nhm.gov.in/ ) .

Apart from this, States are also being supported under NHM for expansion in ca cities, viz . through provision of extra hospital beds, ICUs/HDUs, free diagnostics and free drugs/medicines wherever  necessary. The  PM  Atmanirbhar  Swasth  Bharat  Yojana  has been  announced  for developing capacities of primary, secondary and tertiary care health systems, strengthen existing national  institutions,  and  create  new  institutions,  to  cater  to detection  and  cure  of  new  and emerging diseases.

Number of Government Hospitals (PHC, CHC, SDH and DH) along with Number of Beds Available State/UT - wise( Material pertaining to Part (c) )

| States/UTs                           | Status as on 1 January 2021        | Status as on 1 January 2021                          |
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| States/UTs                           | Number of Public Health Facilities | Number of Beds Available in Public Health Facilities |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | 34                                 | 1291                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh                       | 1771                               | 29419                                                |
| Arunachal Pradesh                    | 208                                | 2482                                                 |
| Assam                                | 1280                               | 23111                                                |
| Bihar                                | 2180                               | 18218                                                |
| Chandigarh                           | 49                                 | 3658                                                 |
| Chhatt isgarh                        | 1030                               | 16319                                                |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 22                                 | 983                                                  |
| Delhi                                | 627                                | 20897                                                |
| Goa                                  | 70                                 | 2620                                                 |
| Gujarat                              | 2251                               | 44205                                                |
| Haryana                              | 718                                | 14773                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh                     | 776                                | 10542                                                |
| Jammu and Kashmir                    | 1066                               | 12312                                                |
| Jharkhand                            | 565                                | 9021                                                 |
| Karnataka                            | 2957                               | 58734                                                |
| Kerala                               | 1309                               | 40045                                                |
| Ladakh                               | 41                                 | 613                                                  |
| Lakshadweep                          | 10                                 | 250                                                  |
| Madhya Pradesh                       | 1944                               | 41641                                                |
| Maharashtra                          | 3296                               | 71308                                                |
| Manipur                              | 122                                | 2576                                                 |
| Meghalaya                            | 186                                | 4595                                                 |
| Mizoram                              | 88                                 | 2062                                                 |
| Nagaland                             | 170                                | 2052                                                 |
| Odisha                               | 1839                               | 18314                                                |
| Puducherry                           | 53                                 | 4462                                                 |
| Punjab                               | 753                                | 14399                                                |
| Rajasthan                            | 3283                               | 55438                                                |
| Sikkim                               | 32                                 | 1667                                                 |
| Tamil Nadu                           | 2635                               | 75999                                                |
| Telangana                            | 980                                | 18518                                                |
| Tripura                              | 158                                | 4384                                                 |
| Uttarakhand                          | 394                                | 6843                                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh                        | 4454                               | 65114                                                |
| West Bengal                          | 1915                               | 61235                                                |
| Grand Total                          | 39266                              | 760100                                               |

Source: Data as uploaded by States/UT'S on H ealthM anagement InformationSystem