Lok Sabha Question No. 805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: Schemes under National Health Mission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2024

## SCHEMES UNDER NATIONALHEALTH MISSION

## 805. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state;

- (a) the details of the schemes proposed in urban and rural areas under the National Health Mission, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to make the district hospitals online under the said Mission;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to make the hospitals online and digitalised for information of patients in urban/rural areas of Khandwa, Parliamentary Constituency of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a): The various health programmes implemented by the Government of India in various States & UTs, under NHM, include operationalisation of Ayushman Arogya Mandir erstwhile Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) by transforming the existing Sub Centres and Primary Health Centre, support for engaging of health human resource on contractual basis, National Ambulance Services, Mobile Medical Units, ASHAs, Infrastructure strengthening, 24 x 7 Services and First Referral facilities, Mera Aspataal, Kayakalp Award Scheme, Prime Minister's National Dialysis Programme, National Quality Assurance Standards implementation and related Activities, LaQshya Certification, Biomedical Equipment Maintenance and Management Programme, Free Diagnostics Service Initiative and Free Drugs Service Initiative. Further, initiatives such as Mission Parivar Vikas, Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs), Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS), Menstrual Hygiene Scheme, Facility Based Newborn Care (FBNC), Home Based Newborn Care Program, Social Awareness and Actions to Neutralize Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS), Home Based Care for Young Child (HBYC), Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), Early Childhood Development (ECD), Comprehensive Abortion Care

(CAC), Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy, Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) program are supported to increase access to quality healthcare services. Support is also provided to strengthen Universal Immunization programme.

(b) to (e): Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has been launched by the Government of India with an aim to establish National Digital Health ecosystem by creating an online platform, enabling interoperability of health data so as to create longitudinal electronic health record (EHR) of citizens. Three key registries of ABDM namely ABHA number/Health ID, Health Professional Registry (HPR), Health Facility Registry (HFR) and digital infrastructure for data exchange is created to enable data interoperability across digital health platforms.

With a vision to improve the delivery of healthcare services to the citizens across the country under ABDM, NIC has developed the eHospital application which is a web-based, workflowdriven application that helps in connecting patients, hospitals and doctors on a single digital platform.

The district hospital and Medical College in Khandwa, MP have been onboarded on ehospital application.

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