Lok Sabha Question No. 723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Burn Treatment Unit
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.723**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 24** **TH** **JULY, 2015**

**Burn Treatment Unit**

**723. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:**

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

(a) the details of the hospitals where separate burn units have been set up in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to set up a separate burn treatment unit in all hospitals across the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) the funds earmarked allocated, and spent to establish such units during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the time by which the said units are likely to be set up in all the hospitals in the country?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)**

(a) to (d) Since ‘Health’ is a State subject, no such information is maintained centrally. However, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has initiated a “Pilot Programme for Prevention of Burn Injuries” (PPPBI) during the year 2010 with a total budget of Rs. 29 crore.  The programme was initiated in the following three Medical Colleges and six Districts Hospitals of 3 States:

1. Haryana: (i) Post Graduate Institute of Medicals Sciences Rohtak; (ii) General Hospital, Gurgaon and (iii) Civil Hospital, Panipat.
2. Himachal Pradesh: (i) Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Tanda at Kangra, (ii) District Hospital, Hamirpur and (iii) Zonal Hospital, Mandi.
3. Assam:  (i) Guwahati Medical College; (ii) District Hospital, Nagaon and (iii) District Hospital, Dhubri.

The continuation of the pilot programme under the 12 th Plan has been approved as a Scheme of “National Programme for Prevention and Management on Burn Injuries (NPPMBI)”. The Scheme has two components namely (i) Medical Colleges and (ii) District Hospital. Under the 12 th Five Year Plan, it has been decided to establish 67 burn units in the State Government Medical Colleges and 19 burn units in the District Hospitals.

During the 12 th Five Year Plan, 21 Medical Colleges and 8 District Hospitals have been approved for establishing burn units as on date, the details of which are at **Annexure-I** .

The details of funds released during the last three years are given at **Annexure II** .

**Annexure - I**

**List of Hospitals / Medical Colleges approved for establishing of burn units under National Programme for Prevention and Management on Burn Injuries under the 12th Five Year Plan**

|   **S.N** | **State**                 | **District**   | **Name of Hospital**                                                          |
|-----------|---------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Bihar                     | Patna          | Patna Medical College                                                         |
|         2 | Bihar                     | Bhagalpur      | J.L.N. Medical College & Hospital                                             |
|         3 | Jammu & Kashmir           | Srinagar       | SMHS Hospital & Medical College                                               |
|         4 | Kerala                    | Kollam         | AA Rahim Memorial District Hospital                                           |
|         5 | Madhya Pradesh            | Indore         | MGM Medical College                                                           |
|         6 | Madhya Pradesh            | Bhopal         | Gandhi Medical College                                                        |
|         7 | Maharashtra               | Dhule          | SBH Government Medical College & Hospital                                     |
|         8 | Manipur                   | Imphal         | Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS)                                  |
|         9 | Mizoram                   | Aizwal         | Civil Hospital                                                                |
|        10 | Orissa                    | Cuttack        | S.C.B. Medical College & Hospital                                             |
|        11 | Orissa                    | Puri           | District Hospital                                                             |
|        12 | Tamilnadu                 | Thanjavur      | Thanjavur Medical College Hospital                                            |
|        13 | Tamilnadu                 | Trichy         | KAVP Government Medical College & Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital |
|        14 | Uttar Pradesh             | Lucknow        | K.G. Medical University                                                       |
|        15 | Uttar Pradesh             | Kanpur         | GSVM Medical College                                                          |
|        16 | West Bengal               | Burdwan        | Burdwam Medical College & Hospital                                            |
|        17 | West Bengal               | Kolkata        | IPGMER, SSKM Medical College & Hospital                                       |
|        18 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Port Blair     | GB pant Hospital                                                              |
|        19 | Chhattisgarh              | Bilaspur       | Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences                                    |
|        20 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | Silvassa       | ShriVinobaBhave Civil Hospital                                                |
|        21 | Gujarat                   | Rajkot         | PDU Medical College                                                           |
|        22 | Maharashtra               | Pune           | B.J. Medical College &Sasoon General Hospital                                 |
|        23 | Uttrakhand                | Haldwani       | Govt. Medical College                                                         |
|        24 | Assam                     | Dibrugarh      | Assam Medical College & Hospital                                              |
|        25 | Assam                     | Silchar        | Silchar Medical College & Hospital                                            |
|        26 | Daman & Diu               | Daman          | Government Hospital                                                           |
|        27 | Punjab                    | Patiala        | Medical College & Hospital                                                    |
|        28 | Punjab                    | Jalandhar      | Civil Hospital                                                                |
|        29 | Punjab                    | Bathinda       | Civil Hospital                                                                |

**Annexure - II**

**Detail of fund released under National Programme for Prevention and Management of Burn Injuries (NPPMBI)**

(a) Funds released towards committed liability of 11th Five Year Plan

|   **S. No** | **State**        | **Year**   |   **Amount (Rs in crores)** |
|-------------|------------------|------------|-----------------------------|
|           1 | Himachal Pradesh | 2012-13    |                        0.93 |
|           2 | Haryana          | 2012-13    |                        1.21 |
|           3 | Assam            | 2014-15    |                        0.40 |

1. Funds released for establishing new Burn Units during 12th Five Year Plan

|   **S. No** | **State**    | **Year**   |   **Amount (Rs in crores)** |
|-------------|--------------|------------|-----------------------------|
|           1 | West Bengal  | 2014-15    |                       5.198 |
|           2 | Gujarat      | 2014-15    |                       2.598 |
|           3 | Tamil Nadu   | 2014-15    |                       3.566 |
|           4 | Chhattisgarh | 2014-15    |                        0.20 |