Lok Sabha Question No. 3378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Functioning of Sishu Bhawan
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE, NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## FUNCTIONING OF SISHU BHAWAN

## 3378. SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE: SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

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

(a) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the reported death of infants at Sishu Bhawan in Odisha;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action tak n by the Gov ernment thereon;

- (c)  whether  the  Government  has reviewed  the  functioning  of  Sishu  Bhawan across  the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State - wiseand the outcome of such review; and
- (e) the corrective action taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a) & (b): Yes. Following the reports of cluster of deaths at Shishu Bhawan in Odisha ,a central team of neonatal experts from hospitals of Delhi was deputed immediately to a ss the reasons which led to these deaths. As per the report submitted by the team, in Augu there were 138 deaths out of total 1470 admissions. (Mortality Rate 9.38%). Out of 138 82 were newborn and the deaths were attributed to delay in care seeking and all of them were reportedly very sick at the time of admission.

As  per  the  state  report  a  comprehensive  action  plan  for  strengthening  servic Shishu bhawan is being developed by the state of Odisha. This includes creating of addi beds in ward and ICU, new post for teaching, nonteaching doctors, staff nurses, pharma and post graduate to fill the gap of human resource. 24X7 functional blood storage uni desk, State newborn Care and Resource Centre for training of doctors and n urses will also contribute towards improving the newborn care at this hospital.

(c) to (e): Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare    under  National  Health  Mission regularly reviews the functioning of Special Care Newborn Unit (SNCU) across the coun thro ugh  field  visits,  common  review  missions  ,  facility  assessment  of  SNCUs  and  serv utilization reports from the state.

Based  on  these  reports , the  states  are  supported  in  terms  of  technical  guidance infrastructure, human resource including capacity building and logistics so as to impr overall quality of newborn care at these units. The state wise details of the newborn services in SNCU i s detailed in annexure.

| SNCU Reports 2014-2015   | SNCU Reports 2014-2015   | SNCU Reports 2014-2015   | SNCU Reports 2014-2015   | SNCU Reports 2014-2015   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| S No.                    | Name of the state        | Total admission          | Total Deaths             | Mortality rate           |
| 1                        | Andaman Islands          | 786                      | 33                       | 4.20                     |
| 2                        | Andhra Pradesh           | 36845                    | 3666                     | 9.95                     |
| 3                        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 127                      | 10                       | 7.87                     |
| 4                        | Assam                    | 31630                    | 3538                     | 11.19                    |
| 5                        | Bihar                    | 13788                    | 2202                     | 15.97                    |
| 6                        | Chattisgarh              | 6043                     | 633                      | 10.47                    |
| 7                        | Chandigarh               | 3307                     | 358                      | 10.83                    |
| 8                        | Delhi                    | 15856                    | 934                      | 5.89                     |
| 9                        | Daman &Diu               | 222                      | 31                       | 13.96                    |
| 10                       | Dadar&Nagar Haveli       | 1223                     | 109                      | 8.91                     |
| 11                       | Gujarat                  | 35978                    | 4824                     | 13.41                    |
| 12                       | Goa                      | 2317                     | 128                      | 5.52                     |
| 13                       | Haryana                  | 22244                    | 927                      | 4.17                     |
| 14                       | Himachal Pradesh         | 6688                     | 475                      | 7.10                     |
| 15                       | Jharkhand                | 751                      | 97                       | 12.92                    |
| 16                       | Jammu and Kashmir        | 24285                    | 1220                     | 5.02                     |
| 17                       | Karnataka                | 44493                    | 5101                     | 11.46                    |
| 18                       | Kerala                   | 16561                    | 589                      | 3.56                     |
| 19                       | Lakshadweep              | -                        | -                        | --                       |
| 20                       | Meghalaya                | 2404                     | 423                      | 17.60                    |
| 21                       | Manipur                  | -                        | -                        | --                       |
| 22                       | Maharashtra              | 45858                    | 4476                     | 9.76                     |
| 23                       | Mizoram                  | 1054                     | 82                       | 7.78                     |
| 24                       | Madhya P6radesh          | 85132                    | 9586                     | 11.26                    |
| 25                       | Nagaland                 | 412                      | 18                       | 4.37                     |
| 26                       | Odisha                   | 42767                    | 4936                     | 11.54                    |
| 27                       | Puducherry               | 1720                     | 35                       | 2.03                     |
| 28                       | Punjab                   | 18450                    | 1047                     | 5.67                     |
| 29                       | Rajasthan                | 80845                    | 8092                     | 10.01                    |
| 30                       | Sikkim                   | 1007                     | 47                       | 4.67                     |
| 31                       | Tripura                  | 3298                     | 289                      | 8.76                     |
| 32                       | Telangana                | 8812                     | 553                      | 6.28                     |
| 33                       | Tamilnadu                | 104000                   | 7854                     | 7.55                     |
| 34                       | UttarPradesh             | 34276                    | 2820                     | 8.23                     |
| 35                       | Uttarakhand              | 3389                     | 387                      | 11.42                    |
| 36                       | West Bengal              | 60923                    | 8261                     | 13.56                    |
| Grand Total              | Grand Total              | 757491                   | 73781                    | 9.74                     |

## ANNEXURE