Lok Sabha Question No. 1439 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-04
Subject: Ambulance Service in Rural Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DUSHYANT SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1439 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH MARCH, 2016

## AMBULANCE SERVICE IN RURAL AREAS

## 1439. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) whether  a significant number of deaths occur in rural areas due to lack of availa ambulances in time in case of emergencies;
- (b) if so, the details of death reported in ru ral areas during each of the last three years and th current year, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide funds for hi - tech  ambulances so the patients provide instant life support in case of emergencies; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) &(b) : No such data is maintained centrally.
- (c  )  &  (d) : Public  health  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  to  stren healt hcare system lies with the State Governments. However, under the National Health Miss (NHM), technical and financial support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen their hea systems  including  support  for  emergency  transport  services  for  patients ,  including  Advance Level  Support  (ALS)  ambulances,  based  on  the  proposals  made  by  the  States/UTs  in  th Programme Implementation Plans.

State/UT - wise  details  of  operational  Dial  108,  Dial  102/Dial  104  ambulances  a provided as Annexure.

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Annexure Ambulances Operational under NHM (as on September 2016)

| Sl.N o.   | State             |   Dial 108 |   Dial 102/104 |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|----------------|
| 1         | Bihar             |         49 |            792 |
| 2         | Chhatisgarh       |        239 |            300 |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh  |        183 |            125 |
| 4         | Jammu & Kashmir   |          0 |            331 |
| 5         | Jharkhand         |          0 |              0 |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh    |        606 |              0 |
| 7         | Orissa            |        420 |            447 |
| 8         | Rajasthan         |        741 |            600 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     |        988 |           1964 |
| 10        | Uttarakhand       |        139 |            109 |
| 11        | Arunachal Pradesh |          0 |              1 |
| 12        | Assam             |        380 |            316 |
| 13        | Manipur           |          0 |             43 |
| 14        | Meghalaya         |         42 |              0 |
| 15        | Mizoram           |          0 |             60 |
| 16        | Nagaland          |          0 |             75 |
| 17        | Sikkim            |          0 |              0 |
| 18        | Tripura           |          0 |              0 |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh    |        439 |              0 |
| 20        | Goa               |         38 |              0 |
| 21        | Gujarat           |        406 |              0 |
| 22        | Haryana           |          0 |            382 |
| 23        | Karnataka         |        711 |              0 |
| 24        | Kerala            |         50 |              0 |
| 25        | Maharashtra       |        937 |           2754 |
| 26        | Punjab            |        242 |              0 |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        |        704 |              0 |
| 28        | Telangana         |        316 |              0 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |          0 |              0 |
| 30        | A&N Island        |          0 |              1 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |          0 |             10 |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        |          0 |              0 |
| 33        | Daman & Diu       |          3 |              4 |
| 34        | Delhi             |          0 |            120 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |          0 |              0 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |         10 |              1 |
| All India | All India         |       7643 |           8435 |