Lok Sabha Question No. 2146 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Uniform System of Medicine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRE D  QUESTION NO. 2146 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH JULY, 2016

## UNIFORM SYSTEM OF ME DICINE

## 2146. SHRI KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to introduce uniform system of medicine for each group;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of Central Government hospitals across t he country and the number of people with serious ailments registered in those hospitals each day;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to make smart hospitals on the lines of smart city and smart railways; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGG AN SINGH KULASTE )

- (a) to (e): Health is a State subject and no such information is maintained centrally. It the  responsibility  of  the  States/UTs  to  provide  necessary  health  care  facilities  to  t However,  support  is  provided  to  States/UTs  under  National  Health  Mission  ( NHM),  t strengthen their health system including support for mainstreaming of AYUSH, which inclu integrating  AYUSH  practitioners  within  the  primary  health  care  delivery  system  thro collection  and  contractual  appointment  of  AYUSH  doctors/paramedics  a nd  also  providing support for AYUSH drugs. Such support is based on the requirement posed by the States/UTs their Programme Implementation Plan.

There are four Central Government Hospitals in Delhi viz. Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. R Hospital and S mt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital.

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The details of average number of patients admitted in Indoor Patients Department ( per day in the above stated Central Government Hospitals are as under:

## IPD Patients admitted per day

|   Year |   Safdarjung Hospital |   Dr. RML Hospital |   Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital |   Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital |
|--------|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|   2013 |                   405 |                175 |                               97 |                                   76 |
|   2014 |                   410 |                181 |                               93 |                                   74 |
|   2015 |                   434 |                202 |                               98 |                                   80 |

In addition, there are Medical Education Institutions under the Ministry of Healt Family Welfare such as All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi; AIIMS, Patna;  AIIMS,  Bhopal;  AIIMS,  Bhubaneshwar;  AIIMS,  Rishikesh;  AIIMS,  Raipur;  AI IMS, Jodhpur;  Jawaharlal  Institute  of  Postgraduate  Medical  Education  and  Research,  Puducher Postgraduate  Institute  Medical  Education  and  Research,  Chandigarh;  North  Eastern  Ind Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Sciences, Shillong; Nationa l Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience ,Banglore; National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi; Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal; etc.

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