Lok Sabha Question No. 869 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: Availability of Beds in Government Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Varun Chaudhry

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.869 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2024

## AVAILABILITY OF BEDS IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

## 869 SHRI VARUN CHAUDHRY :

Will the Minister of Health and Family Welfare be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of beds available in Government hospitals for indoor patients in the country during the last five years;
- (b) the present sanctioned strength and vacancy of doctors, nurses and paramedics;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to increase the healthcare infrastructure as per WHO guidelines; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

- (a) Public Health and Hospitals is a state subject. No such data is maintained centrally. As far as Central Government Hospitals of New Delhi i.e. Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals are concerned, the number of beds available during the last five years are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of Hospital    | Year      |   Number of Beds |
|---------|---------------------|-----------|------------------|
|       1 | Safdarjung Hospital | 2019-2023 |             2873 |
|       1 |                     | 2024      |             2994 |

|   2 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital                       | 2017-2019   |   1447 |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------|
|   2 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital                       | 2020-2023   |   1532 |
|   2 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital                       | 2024        |   1538 |
|   3 | Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals | Before 2022 |    877 |
|   3 | Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals | 2024        |   1397 |

## (b) The present sanctioned and vacant details of Doctors, Nurses and Paramedical staff in Central Government Hospitals are as under:

| Medical Staff     | No. of posts of Medical Staff   | No. of posts of Medical Staff   | No. of posts of Medical Staff   | No. of posts of Medical Staff   | No. of posts of Medical Staff                      | No. of posts of Medical Staff                      |
|-------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Medical Staff     | Safdarjung Hospital             | Safdarjung Hospital             | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital  | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital  | Lady Hardinge Medical college& Associated Hospital | Lady Hardinge Medical college& Associated Hospital |
| Medical Staff     | Sanctioned                      | Vacant                          | Sanctioned                      | Vacant                          | Sanctioned                                         | Vacant                                             |
| Doctors           | 2116                            | 430                             | 1123                            | 429                             | 333                                                | 49                                                 |
| Nurses            | 2723                            | 153                             | 1592                            | 121                             | 834                                                | 202                                                |
| Paramedical Staff | 186                             | 82                              | 1235                            | 473                             | 316                                                | 140                                                |

- (c) & (d) No proposal is pending before the government to increase the healthcare infrastructure as per WHO guidelines. However, in Dr. RML Hospital, a 666 bedded super specialty block is under construction.

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