Lok Sabha Question No. 392 (STARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Medical Equipment in PHCs
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.392 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH AUGUST, 2016 MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN PHCS

## *392. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of medical equipment Public Health Centres (PHCs) are non - functional thereby causing inconvenience to t patients and if so, the details thereo f, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has any monitoring mechanism in place to ensure p maintenance  and  operational  condition  of  these  equipments  and  if  so,  the thereof;
- (c)  the  funds  allocated  and  utilized  for  purchase  of  medical  e quip nts  in  PHCs during the last three years, State/UT - wise; and
- (d)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  maintenance medical equipments in PHCs?

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

- (a)  to ( d):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 392* FOR 12 TH AUGUST, 2016

(a)    to  (d) Yes. Government is  aware  of  the  dysfunctional  equipments  in  hea facilities.    The  state  wise  biomedical  equipment  data  on  functionality  is Annexure.

Public  health  is  a  state  subject.    However,  under  National  Health Government  of  India (GOI) providestechnical  and  financial  support  to  the  Stat Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare,  GOI  has  developed  and  disseminated Guidelines for Biomedical Equipments Maintenance and M anagement P rogram.The G uidelines  provide  for  outsourcing  of  Biomedical  Equ ipments  maintenance  with payment linked to uptime of equipments.  As per the request for proposal with the guidelines, the service provider is required to provide a real tim for monitoring of equipment functionality status.

D ata  regard ing  funds  allocated  and  utilized  for  purchase  of  medical  equipm PHCs is not maintained centrally by Governmentof India.

## Annexure

|   S.NO | Name of States    | Status of Bio Medical Equipment (BME) service provider [Request for proposal(RFP) released/program rolled out/RFP in preparation/ Mapping in progress/ No progress]   | Approximate Asset pvalue   | Dysfunctionality   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Program rolled out                                                                                                                                                    | 390 Cr                     | 32%                |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Program rolled out                                                                                                                                                    | 19Cr                       | 35.67%             |
|      3 | Assam             | RFP released                                                                                                                                                          | 307Cr                      | 28%                |
|      4 | Bihar             | RFP in preparation                                                                                                                                                    | 90Cr                       | 30%                |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      | RFP rolled out                                                                                                                                                        | 100Cr                      | 34%                |
|      6 | Goa               | RFP in preparation                                                                                                                                                    | 42Cr                       | 12.46%             |
|      7 | Gujarat           | RFP released                                                                                                                                                          | 200Cr                      | Not Available      |
|      8 | Haryana           | No progress                                                                                                                                                           | Not Available              | Not Available      |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh  | RFP in preparation                                                                                                                                                    | Not available              | Not Available      |
|     10 | Jammu & Kashmir   | No progress                                                                                                                                                           | Not available              | Not available      |
|     11 | Jharkhand         | Program rolled out                                                                                                                                                    | 144Cr                      | 35%                |
|     12 | Karnataka         | RFP released                                                                                                                                                          | 430Cr                      | 27%                |
|     13 | Kerala            | Program rolled out                                                                                                                                                    | 126.87 Cr                  | 15%                |
|     14 | Madhya Pradesh    | RFP released                                                                                                                                                          | 180 Cr                     | 37%                |
|     15 | Maharashtra       | Program rolled out                                                                                                                                                    | 440 Cr                     | 30%                |
|     16 | Manipur           | RFP in preparation                                                                                                                                                    | 33Cr                       | 35%                |

|   17 | Meghalaya            | RFP in preparation   | 34 Cr         | 28%           |
|------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------|
|   18 | Mizoram              | Program rolled out   | 37Cr          | 34%           |
|   19 | Nagaland             | RFP issued           | 26Cr          | 16.46%        |
|   20 | Odisha               | RFP in preparation   | 207Cr         | 25%           |
|   21 | Punjab               | Program rolled out   | 67Cr          | Not available |
|   22 | Rajasthan            | Program rolled out   | 330Cr         | 16%           |
|   23 | Sikkim               | Program rolled out   | 12 Cr         | 26.45%        |
|   24 | Tamil Nadu           | No progress          | Not available | Not available |
|   25 | Telangana            | No progress          | Not available | Not available |
|   26 | Tripura              | RFP preparation      | 37Cr          | 32%           |
|   27 | Uttarakhand          | RFP in preparation   | 120Cr         | 28%           |
|   28 | Uttar Pradesh        | RFP released         | 507Cr         | 28%           |
|   29 | West Bengal          | RFP in preparation   | 550Cr         | 25%           |
|   30 | Andaman & Nicobar    | No progress          | Not available | Not available |
|   31 | Chandigarh           | RFP issued           | 6Cr           | 23.59%        |
|   32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | No progress          | Not available | Not available |
|   33 | Daman & Diu          | NA                   | 8Cr           | 4.7%          |
|   34 | Delhi                | No progress          | Not available | Not available |
|   35 | Lakshadweep          | No progress          | Not available | Not available |
|   36 | Puducherry           | RFP issued           | Not available | Not available |