Lok Sabha Question No. 3078 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Augmented and Virtual Reality Technology
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: T.R.V.S. Ramesh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3078 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th AUGUST, 2021

## 'AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY'

## 3078 SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to implement Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality
- (AR) technologies in various medical institutions in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the manner in which the said technology is going to be beneficial in better understanding the practical concepts of learning for the medical students; and
- (d)  the  number  of  government  and  affiliated  medical  intuitions  that  are  in  existence  in  the country, State/UT-wise?

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

(a)  to  (c):  Minimum  Requirements  for  Annual  M.B.B.S.  Admissions  Regulations,  2020  of National Medical Commission (NMC) provides for that every medical institution shall have a Skills Laboratory where students can practice and improve skills pre-specified in the competency  based  undergraduate  curriculum.  The  skills  laboratory  attempts  to recreate  the clinical  environment  and  tasks  which  future  health  care  workers  have  to  perform  with various  levels  of complexity and fidelity.  As per information provided by the NMC, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies are used in few medical institutions in India.  These  technologies  are  for  teaching  medical  students  and  help  them  learn  to  treat  the patients or perform surgeries in a virtual environment.

(d): There are 289 Government and 269 private medical colleges / institutions in the country. The State/  UT  wise  list  of  Government  and  private  medical  colleges  /  institutions  is  attached  at Annexure.

## Annexure

## Number of Government and Private medical colleges as on (05.03.2021) in the country as per NMC website

| SI. No.   | State/ UT                         |   Number of Government medical colleges |   Number of Private medical colleges |   Total number of medical colleges |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Island           |                                       1 |                                    0 |                                  1 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                    |                                      13 |                                   18 |                                 31 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                 |                                       1 |                                    0 |                                  1 |
| 4.        | Assam                             |                                       8 |                                    0 |                                  8 |
| 5.        | Bihar                             |                                      11 |                                    6 |                                 17 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh                        |                                       1 |                                    0 |                                  1 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh                      |                                       7 |                                    3 |                                 10 |
| 8.        | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                                       1 |                                    0 |                                  1 |
| 9.        | Delhi                             |                                       8 |                                    2 |                                 10 |
| 10.       | Goa                               |                                       1 |                                    0 |                                  1 |
| 11.       | Gujarat                           |                                      18 |                                   13 |                                 31 |
| 12.       | Haryana                           |                                       5 |                                    7 |                                 12 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                  |                                       7 |                                    1 |                                  8 |
| 14.       | Jammu &Kashmir                    |                                       9 |                                    1 |                                 10 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                         |                                       7 |                                    1 |                                  8 |
| 16.       | Karnataka                         |                                      19 |                                   41 |                                 60 |
| 17.       | Kerala                            |                                      10 |                                   21 |                                 31 |
| 18.       | Madhya Pradesh                    |                                      14 |                                    9 |                                 23 |
| 19.       | Maharashtra                       |                                      26 |                                   31 |                                 57 |
| 20.       | Manipur                           |                                       2 |                                    0 |                                  2 |
| 21.       | Meghalaya                         |                                       1 |                                    0 |                                  1 |
| 22.       | Mizoram                           |                                       1 |                                    0 |                                  1 |
| 23.       | Nagaland                          |                                       0 |                                    0 |                                  0 |
| 24.       | Orissa                            |                                       8 |                                    4 |                                 12 |
| 25.       | Puducherry                        |                                       2 |                                    7 |                                  9 |
| 26.       | Punjab                            |                                       4 |                                    6 |                                 10 |
| 27.       | Rajasthan                         |                                      16 |                                    8 |                                 24 |
| 28.       | Sikkim                            |                                       0 |                                    1 |                                  1 |
| 29.       | Tamil Nadu                        |                                      26 |                                   26 |                                 52 |
| 30.       | Telangana                         |                                      11 |                                   23 |                                 34 |
| 31.       | Tripura                           |                                       1 |                                    1 |                                  2 |
| 32.       | Uttar Pradesh                     |                                      26 |                                   31 |                                 57 |
| 33.       | Uttarakhand                       |                                       4 |                                    2 |                                  6 |
| 34.       | West Bengal                       |                                      20 |                                    6 |                                 26 |
| Total     | Total                             |                                     289 |                                  269 |                                558 |