Lok Sabha Question No. 1504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-28
Subject: Setting up of Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1504 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY, 2023

## 'SETTING UP OF VIRALRESEARCH AND DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES'

## 1504: SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government is setting up Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL) in the country;
- (b)if so, the details thereof, state/UT-wise;
- (c)whether the Government has any plan/proposal to set up one more regional VRDL lab in Maharashtra; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be set up?

## ANSWER THE MINSTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (Prof S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

- (a) & (b) : There is a central sector scheme of Department of Health Research on 'Setting up of Nation-wide network of Laboratories for managing epidemics and National Calamities wherein Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) are established in the Government Medical College and Central Institute'.

The list of details of state/UT wise VRDL is annexed.

- (c) & (d) : Presently 11 VRDLs (2 State level and 9 Medical College Level) are functioning in the state of Maharashtra. Besides, 04 ICMR Institutes (i) National Institute of Immunohaematology (NIIH), Mumbai, (ii) National Institute for Research in Reproductive and Child Health (NIRRCH), Mumbai (iii) National AIDS Research Institute (NARI), Pune and (iv) National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune have also been established in the state of Maharashtra.

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## Annexure

|   S. No. | State/UT          | Level of VRDL         | LISTOFVRDLs                                                                 |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman& Nicobnar | State Level           | Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair                                |
|        2 | Andaman& Nicobnar | Medical College Level | Andaman &Nicobar Island Institutte of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS), Port Blair |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh    | State Level           | Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh    |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh    | Medical College Level | Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada                                      |
|        5 | Andhra Pradesh    | Medical College Level | Government Medical College, Anantapur                                       |
|        6 | Andhra Pradesh    | Medical College Level | Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa                         |
|        7 | Andhra Pradesh    | Medical College Level | Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada                                         |
|        8 | Andhra Pradesh    | State Level           | Guntur Medical College, Guntur                                              |
|        9 | Andhra Pradesh    | Medical college Level | Andhra Medical college, Vishakhapatnam                                      |
|       10 | Andhra Pradesh    | Medical college Level | All India Institute of Medical and Sciences, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh    |
|       11 | Andhra Pradesh    | Medical college Level | Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool                                            |
|       12 | Arunchal Pradesh  | Medical college Level | Tomo Riba Institute Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), Naharlagun        |
|       13 | Assam             | Regional level        | Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh                                 |
|       14 | Assam             | State Level           | Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati                                           |
|       15 | Assam             | Medical College Level | Silchar Medical College, Silchar                                            |
|       16 | Assam             | Medical College Level | Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat                                              |
|       17 | Assam             | Medical College Level | Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur                                              |

|   18 | Assam        | Medical College Level   | Fakhruddin Medical College, Barpeta                                         |
|------|--------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   19 | Assam        | Medical College Level   | Diphu Medical College &Hospital, Diphu, Assam                               |
|   20 | Assam        | Medical College Level   | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Guwahati, Assam            |
|   21 | Assam        | Medical College Level   | Lakhimpur Medical College &Hospital, Assam                                  |
|   22 | Bihar        | Medical College Level   | Patna Medical College, Patna                                                |
|   23 | Bihar        | Medical College Level   | Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga                                        |
|   24 | Bihar        | Medical College Level   | S K Medical College, Muzaffarpur                                            |
|   25 | Bihar        | Regional level          | All India Institute of Medical Science, AIIMS Patna (Bihar)                 |
|   26 | Bihar        | Medical College Level   | Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna             |
|   27 | Bihar        | Medical College Level   | Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College& Hospital, Bhagalpur                      |
|   28 | Chandigarh   | Regional level          | PGIMER, Chandigarh                                                          |
|   29 | Chandigarh   | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College &Hospital, Chandigarh                            |
|   30 | Chhattisgarh | Medical College Level   | Late Sri BaliramKashyap Memorial Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur           |
|   31 | Chhattisgarh | State Level             | All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Raipur, Chhattisgarh.        |
|   32 | Chhattisgarh | Medical College Level   | Pt. JNM Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh                               |
|   33 | Chhattisgarh | Medical College Level   | Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh          |
|   34 | Chhattisgarh | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Kanker, Chhattisgarh                            |
|   35 | Chhattisgarh | Medical College Level   | Chandulal Chandrakar Memorial Government Medical Colege, Durg, Chhattisgarh |
|   36 | Delhi-NCT    | Regional Level          | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi- 110029                  |

|   37 | Delhi-NCT        | Medical Level         | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences   |
|------|------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   38 | Delhi-NCT        | Medical College Level | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi                                                |
|   39 | Delhi-NCT        | Medical College Level | University College of Medical Sciences& Guru Teg Hospital, Delhi                        |
|   40 | Delhi-NCT        | State Level           | Maulana Azad Medical Colege, New Delhi                                                  |
|   41 | Delhi-NCT        | Medical College Level | Army Hospital Research and Referral Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi                              |
|   42 | Goa              | Medical College Level | Goa Medical College , Bambolim                                                          |
|   43 | Gujarat          | State Level           | B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad                                                         |
|   44 | Gujarat          | Medical College Level | M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar                                                     |
|   45 | Gujarat          | Medical College Level | Government Medical College, Surat                                                       |
|   46 | Gujarat          | Medical College Level | GMC, Bhavnagar                                                                          |
|   47 | Gujarat          | Medical College Level | PDU GMC, Rajkot                                                                         |
|   48 | Gujarat          | Medical College Level | Government Medical College &SSG Hospital, Vadodara                                      |
|   49 | Gujarat          | Medical College Level | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rajkot, Gujarat                        |
|   50 | Haryana          | Medical College Level | PGIMS, Rohtak                                                                           |
|   51 | Haryana          | Medical College Level | BPS Government Medical College for Women, Sonepat                                       |
|   52 | Haryana          | Medical College Level | Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal, Haryana                              |
|   53 | Himachal Pradesh | State Level           | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla                                                   |
|   54 | Himachal Pradesh | Medical College Level | Lal Bahadur Shashtri Medical College, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh                           |
|   55 | Himachal Pradesh | Medical College Level | Dr.Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda                                    |

|   56 | Himachal Pradesh   | Medical College Level   | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Govt. medical College, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh   |
|------|--------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   57 | Himachal Pradesh   | Regional level          | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur                      |
|   58 | Jammu and Kashmir  | State Level             | Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar                 |
|   59 | Jammu and Kashmir  | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Jammu                                      |
|   60 | Jammu and Kashmir  | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Srinagar                                   |
|   61 | Jammu and Kashmir  | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Baramulla                                  |
|   62 | Jammu and Kashmir  | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Anantnag                                   |
|   63 | Jharkhand          | Medical College Level   | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi                         |
|   64 | Jharkhand          | Medical College Level   | MGMMedical College, Jamshedpur                                         |
|   65 | Jharkhand          | State Level             | All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deogarh, Jharkhand            |
|   66 | Karnataka          | State Level             | Bangalore Medical College &Research Institute, Bangalore               |
|   67 | Karnataka          | Medical College Level   | Mysore Medical College &Research Institute, Mysore                     |
|   68 | Karnataka          | Medical College Level   | Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Science, Bellary                      |
|   69 | Karnataka          | Medical College Level   | Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hassan                           |
|   70 | Karnataka          | Medical College Level   | Shimoga Institute of Medical Sciences                                  |
|   71 | Karnataka          | Medical College Level   | Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi                      |
|   72 | Karnataka          | Medical College Level   | Gulbarga Institute Of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga                       |
|   73 | Kerala             | Regional Level          | Government Medical College, Kozhikode                                  |
|   74 | Kerala             | State Level             | National Institute of Virology, Alappuzha                              |

|   75 | Kerala         | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Trivandrum                            |
|------|----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   76 | Kerala         | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Thrissur                              |
|   77 | Kerala         | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Kannur, Pariyaram                     |
|   78 | Kerala         | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College Manjeri, Malapuram, Kerala             |
|   79 | Madhya Pradesh | Regional level          | AIIMS, Bhopal                                                     |
|   80 | Madhya Pradesh | Medical College Level   | Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar                                |
|   81 | Madhya Pradesh | Medical College Level   | MGMMedical College, Indore                                        |
|   82 | Madhya Pradesh | Medical College Level   | Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior                               |
|   83 | Madhya Pradesh | State Level             | National Institute for Research in Tribal Health(NIRTH), Jabalpur |
|   84 | Madhya Pradesh | Medical College Level   | S.S Medical College, Rewa                                         |
|   85 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur                  |
|   86 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Miraj, Sangli                         |
|   87 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai                 |
|   88 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | Seth GS Medical College &KEMHospital , Mumbai                     |
|   89 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | AIIMS, Nagpur                                                     |
|   90 | Maharashtra    | State Level             | Government Medical college, Nagpur                                |
|   91 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Aurangabad                            |
|   92 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | V. M. Government Meical College, Solapur                          |
|   93 | Maharashtra    | Medical College Level   | Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule             |

|   94 | Maharashtra   | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College and Hospital& Superspeciality Hospital, Akola                |
|------|---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   95 | Maharashtra   | Sate Level              | Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune                                               |
|   96 | Manipur       | State Level             | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal                                          |
|   97 | Manipur       | Medical College Level   | JNIMS, Imphal                                                                           |
|   98 | Meghalaya     | State Level             | NEIGRIHMS, Shillong                                                                     |
|   99 | Mizoram       | Medical College Level   | Zoram Medical College                                                                   |
|  100 | Odisha        | Regional level          | RMRC, Bhubaneswar                                                                       |
|  101 | Odisha        | State Level             | SCB Medical College, Cuttack                                                            |
|  102 | Odisha        | State Level             | AIIMS, Bhubaneswar                                                                      |
|  103 | Odisha        | Medical College Level   | Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College& Hospital, Koraput, Odisha (SLNMCH)                 |
|  104 | Odisha        | Medical College Level   | Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciencves and Reserach, Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha |
|  105 | Odisha        | Medical College Level   | Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College and Hospital, Berhmapur.              |
|  106 | Puducherry    | Regional level          | JIPMER, Puducherry                                                                      |
|  107 | Puducherry    | Medical College Level   | Indira Gandhi Medical College &Research Institute, Puducherry                           |
|  108 | Punjab        | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Amritsar                                                    |
|  109 | Punjab        | Medical College Level   | Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot, Punjab                                     |
|  110 | Punjab        | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Patiala                                                     |
|  111 | Punjab        | Medical College Level   | AIIMS, Bathinda                                                                         |

|   112 | Rajasthan   | State Level           | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                             |
|-------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   113 | Rajasthan   | Medical College Level | Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur                                       |
|   114 | Rajasthan   | Medical College Level | RNT Medical College, Udaipur                                            |
|   115 | Rajasthan   | Medical College Level | S.P. Medical College &Associated Group of Hospitals, Bikaner, Rajasthan |
|   116 | Rajasthan   | Medical College Level | Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan                           |
|   117 | Rajasthan   | Regional level        | AIIMS, Jodhpur                                                          |
|   118 | Rajasthan   | Medical College Level | Government Medical College, Kota, Rajasthan                             |
|   119 | Rajasthan   | Medical College Level | Military Hospital Jodhpur, Rajasthan                                    |
|   120 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | Madurai Medical College, Madurai                                        |
|   121 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | Government Medical College, Theni                                       |
|   122 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem                  |
|   123 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | Government Medical College, Thiruvarur                                  |
|   124 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | Government Medical College, Villupuram                                  |
|   125 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli                                |
|   126 | Tamil Nadu  | State Level           | Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore                                  |
|   127 | Tamil Nadu  | State Level           | King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
|   128 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu                             |
|   129 | Tamil Nadu  | Medical College Level | ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai           |
|   130 | Tripura     | Medical College Level | Government Medical College, Agartala                                    |

|   131 | Telangana     | Medical College Level   | Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad                                          |
|-------|---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   132 | Telangana     | Medical College Level   | Kakatiya Medical College, Nizampura, Warangal                               |
|   133 | Telangana     | State Level             | Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad                                        |
|   134 | Telangana     | Medical College Level   | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bibinagar                  |
|   135 | Uttar Pradesh | State Level             | King George Medical University, Lucknow                                     |
|   136 | Uttar Pradesh | Medical College Level   | J N Medical College, Aligarh                                                |
|   137 | Uttar Pradesh | Medical College Level   | UPUMS,(Formerly UPRIMS) Saifai                                              |
|   138 | Uttar Pradesh | State Level             | Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Banaras            |
|   139 | Uttar Pradesh | State Level             | ICMR-Regional Medical Research Center, Gorakhpur                            |
|   140 | Uttar Pradesh | Medical College Level   | All India Institute of Medical Science Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh             |
|   141 | Uttar Pradesh | Medical College Level   | Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh      |
|   142 | Uttar Pradesh | Medical College Level   | LLRM Medical College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh                                 |
|   143 | Uttarakhand   | Medical College Level   | Government Medical College, Haldwani                                        |
|   144 | Uttarakhand   | State Level             | AIIMS, Rishikesh                                                            |
|   145 | Uttarakhand   | Medical College Level   | Doon Government Medical College, Dehradun                                   |
|   146 | West Bengal   | Regional level          | NICED Virus Unit, Kolkata                                                   |
|   147 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | IPGMER, Kolkata                                                             |
|   148 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | Murshidabad Medical College &Hospital, Murshidabad, Berhampore, West Bengal |
|   149 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | Midnapore Medical College &Hospital, Midnapore                              |

|   150 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling                                      |
|-------|---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   151 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | Malda Medical College, Malda                                                  |
|   152 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | Burdwan Medical College                                                       |
|   153 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata                                               |
|   154 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | Diamond Harbour Govt. Medical College& Hospital, Diamond Harbour, West Bengal |
|   155 | West Bengal   | Medical College Level   | All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Kalyani, West Bengal         |