Lok Sabha Question No. 2154 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Army Hospitals
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2154

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  JULY, 2016

## ARMY HOSPITALS

## 2154.  SHRI  HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of army hospitals functioning in the country at present, State / UTwise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to open more such hospitals in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State / UT-wise?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                      (SHRI MANOHAR PARRIKAR)

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- (a) There are 111 Army Hospitals, 12 Air Force Hospitals and 9 Naval Hospitals in the country.  The State / UT wise number of such hospitals is  indicated  in  the  Annexure.    In  addition,  there  are  98  field  hospitals, which are operationally located.

## (b) & (c): The following Hospitals have been approved by the Government:-

- (i) One 200 bedded Military Hospital is to be opened in Arunachal Pradesh during financial year 2016-17.
- (ii) One 200 bedded Military Hospital is to be opened in West Bengal during financial year 2018-19.
- (iii) One 75 bedded Military Hospital is to be opened in eastern part of the country during financial year 2020-21.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2154 FOR ANSWER ON 29.7.2016

| S. No.   | STATE                     | Number of Armed Forces Hospitals   | Number of Armed Forces Hospitals   | Number of Armed Forces Hospitals   |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|          |                           | Army                               | Navy                               | Air Force                          |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh            | -                                  | 1                                  | 1                                  |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 1                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 3.       | Assam                     | 5                                  | -                                  | 1                                  |
| 4.       | Bihar                     | 2                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 5.       | Goa                       | 1                                  | 1                                  | -                                  |
| 6.       | Gujarat                   | 5                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 7.       | Haryana                   | 3                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 8.       | Himachal Pradesh          | 6                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 9.       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 11                                 | -                                  | -                                  |
| 10.      | Jharkhand                 | 2                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 11.      | Karnataka                 | 1                                  | 1                                  | 1                                  |
| 12.      | Kerala                    | 3                                  | 2                                  | -                                  |
| 13.      | Madhya Pradesh            | 6                                  | -                                  | 1                                  |
| 14.      | Maharashtra               | 9                                  | 2                                  | -                                  |
| 15.      | Manipur                   | 1                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 16.      | Meghalaya                 | 1                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 17.      | Nagaland                  | 2                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 18.      | Odisha                    | 1                                  | 1                                  | -                                  |
| 19.      | Punjab                    | 9                                  | -                                  | 1                                  |
| 20.      | Rajasthan                 | 10                                 | -                                  | 1                                  |
| 21.      | Sikkim                    | 1                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 22.      | Tamil Nadu                | 2                                  | -                                  | 1                                  |
| 23.      | Telangana                 | 2                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 24.      | Tripura                   | 1                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 25.      | Uttarakhand               | 5                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh             | 12                                 | -                                  | 3                                  |
| 27.      | West Bengal               | 7                                  | -                                  | 2                                  |
| 28.      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | -                                  | 1                                  | -                                  |
| 29.      | Delhi                     | 2                                  | -                                  | -                                  |
|          | Total:                    | 111                                | 9                                  | 12                                 |

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