Lok Sabha Question No. 3293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-08
Subject: Digital Health Infrastructure in PGIMER
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTIONNO.3293 TO BEANSWEREDON 8 TH AUGUST, 2025

## DIGITALHEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE IN PGIMER

## 3293. SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

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

- (a) the total budget allocated and released to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, for digital health infrastructure during the last five years including for HIS 2.0 and telemedicine, year-wise;
- (b) the details of the quantum and type of medical equipments procured for the Mother and Child Care Centre and other PGIMER departments since 2020 along with the total number of equipments that remains non-operational or underutilised;
- (c) whether it is a fact that critical equipment worth crores is lying idle due to incomplete infrastructure and if so, the reasons for this delay; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to address digital and physical infrastructure gaps in PGIMER Chandigarh?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) The funds allocated to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh under the 'Grants for Creation of Capital Assets' which includes Budgetary support for creation of digital health infrastructure for last 5 Financial Years is as below:-.
- (b) &(c) The details of medical equipment procured for Mother and Child Care Centre and other Departments of the Institute since 2020 is at Annexure. 93% of the civil works of the

|   S.No. | Financial Year   | Revised Estimates   | Released Grant-in-Aid under Creation of Capital Assets   |
|---------|------------------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2020-21          | Rs. 401.53 crore    | Rs. 326.53 crore                                         |
|       2 | 2021-22          | Rs. 318.00 crore    | Rs. 250.00 crore                                         |
|       3 | 2022-23          | Rs. 270.00 crore    | Rs. 270.00 crore                                         |
|       4 | 2023-24          | Rs. 343.00 crore    | Rs. 343.00 crore                                         |
|       5 | 2024-25          | Rs. 350.00 crore    | Rs. 350.00 crore                                         |

Mother and Child Care Centre has been completed. The construction of the Centre has been delayed due to revision in the building plan to meet site and user requirement , onset of Covid pandemic and shifting of service block outside the Centre in view of fire safety norms.

(d) To strengthen infrastructure for enhanced patient care approval has been granted for construction of an Advanced Neurosciences Centre and a Critical Care Block under Pradhan Mantri -Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) at PGIMER Chandigarh . Approval has also been accorded for establishment of Satellite Centre at Una in Himachal Pradesh and at Ferozepur in Punjab. To strengthen Digital Infrastructure at PGIMER approval has been accorded for upgradation of existing Hospital Information System HIS 1.0 to HIS 2.0.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3293 FOR 08.08.2025 ASKED BY SHRI MANISH TEWARI.

Medical Equipment procured by PGIMER, Chandigarh since 2020: -

| Sr. No.   | Department                                      |   Total Equiptment |   Operational |   Non-Operational |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|
| 1         | Neurosurgery                                    |                479 |           424 |                55 |
| 2         | Paediatric (Gastroenterology/Medicine/S urgery) |                110 |            77 |                33 |
| 3         | Advanced Eye Centre                             |                 75 |            74 |                 1 |
| 4         | Department of Otolaryngology (ENT)              |                 55 |            54 |                 1 |
| 5         | Oral Health Sciences Center                     |                 47 |            46 |                 1 |
| 6         | Advanced Paediatric Centre                      |                 46 |            26 |                20 |
| 7         | Anaesthesia                                     |                 39 |            19 |                20 |
| 8         | Others                                          |                245 |           229 |                16 |
|           | Total                                           |               1096 |           949 |               147 |