Lok Sabha Question No. 1096 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-04
Subject: Sterilisation Camp
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1096 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## STERILISATION CAMP

## 1096. SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

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

- (a) the number of female deaths occurred during or after the sterilisation or tubectomy operation which were done under the family planning scheme/camps during each of the last three years and thecurrent year, State/UT - wise;
- (b) the reasons for such deaths and the steps taken by the Government to prevent the same;
- (c) whether there is any concrete policy of Government for maintaining hygiene and he lth of women during and after the operation, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether such policy has been eff ctive in controlling the number of deaths, if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a): The States/UT - wise details are given in Annexure .
- (b) & (c): Death attributable to sterilization is a rare event. The deaths are mostly medical causes and also due to operative procedure other than sterilization for e.g.: Dea Cesarean Section with concurrent sterilization.

Steps taken by GOI includes:

- Updation  of  standards  and  quality  assurance  for  sterilization  services  which  in guidelines for infection prevention practices.
- Dissemination of the standards to all States/UTs of India through o rientation of  program managers as well as service providers
- Establishment of State and District Quality Assurance committees for monitoring qua and performing death audits for each case.
- Periodic  meeting  of  state  health  secretaries  of  all  States/UTs  on  action  taken  re quality Famil y Planning Services.
- Regular monitoring visits and HMIS tracking.
- (d): Yes. The death rates are now showing the declining trend. The declining trend is s inthe Annexure.

## State Wise Sterilization Deaths

| Sno.   | State                   |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|--------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.     | A &N Islands            |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 2.     | A ndhra Pradesh         |        20 |        20 |        12 |         8 |
| 3.     | Arunachal P radesh      |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 4.     | Assam                   |         8 |         6 |         2 |         1 |
| 5.     | Bihar                   |        11 |        17 |        18 |         5 |
| 6.     | Chandigarh              |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 7.     | Chhattisgarh            |         5 |         2 |        19 |         0 |
| 8.     | Daman & Diu             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 9.     | Delhi                   |         0 |         0 |         1 |         0 |
| 10.    | D adar and Nagar Haveli |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 11.    | Goa                     |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 12.    | Gujarat                 |         8 |         1 |         5 |         2 |
| 13.    | Haryana                 |         3 |         3 |         6 |         3 |
| 14.    | HP                      |         1 |         2 |         0 |         0 |
| 15.    | J&K                     |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 16.    | Jharkhand               |         4 |         4 |         1 |         0 |
| 17.    | Karnataka               |        22 |        14 |        13 |         5 |
| 18.    | Kerala                  |         2 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 19.    | Lakshadweep             |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 20.    | Maharashtra             |        14 |        23 |        11 |         7 |
| 21.    | Manipur                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 22.    | Meghalaya               |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 23.    | Mizoram                 |         2 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 24.    | MP                      |        18 |        13 |        11 |         5 |
| 25.    | Nagaland                |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 26.    | Orissa                  |         7 |         9 |         5 |         5 |
| 27.    | Puducherry              |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 28.    | Punjab                  |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 29.    | Rajasthan               |         9 |         4 |         9 |         1 |
| 30.    | Sikkim                  |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 31.    | Tamil Nadu              |        33 |        30 |        19 |         7 |
| 32.    | Telangana               |         0 |         5 |         4 |         0 |
| 33.    | Tripura                 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| 34.    | Uttar Pradesh           |         5 |         5 |         4 |         1 |
| 35.    | Uttarakhand             |         3 |         1 |         0 |         0 |
| 36.    | West Bengal             |         7 |         4 |         0 |         0 |
| Total  |                         |       184 |       163 |       140 |        50 |

## Annexure