Lok Sabha Question No. 2023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-31
Subject: Super-Speciality Blocks in Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA, GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2023**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 31** **ST** **JULY, 2015**

**Super-Speciality Blocks in Hospitals**

**2023. 	SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:**

**SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:**

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to set up Super-Speciality Blocks in the medical colleges/hospitals across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof indicating the medical colleges/hospitals identified and funds provided for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;

(c) whether any delay in release of instalments of funds for construction of such speciality blocks has been reported in the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the time by which funds are likely to be released and construction works are likely to be started by the Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation (HSCC) for the purpose; and

(e) the manner in which specialist health professionals are likely to be made available for these Speciality Blocks?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)**

(a)& (b):	Yes.  The Government under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) has initiated to upgradation of existing Government Medical Colleges/Institutes through procurement and installation of medical equipment and services, construction of Trauma Centres and/or Super Specialty Blocks as Centres of Excellence in areas like Oncology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, CTVS, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Paediatric Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedics and Burns & Plastic etc.  Till now, 58 Government Medical Colleges/Institutes across 21 States have been approved for upgradation under the Scheme in different phases, details of which are at **Annexure-I** .

Out of the above, in case of 19 Government Medical Colleges/Institutions (GMCI) taken up for upgradation under PMSSY Phase-I and II, construction of Super Speciality Blocks and/or Trauma Centres are involved in 13 Medical Colleges/Institutions.    Details of funds provided for the purpose are at **Annexure-II** . In regard to the balance 39 Government Medical Colleges/Institutions approved for upgradation, which are under Phase-III of PMSSY, funds have not been released till date. Also 12 more GMCIs have been announced for upgradation in budget of 2015 – 16.

(c)& (d):	No delay in release of funds has been reported by the State Governments

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has assigned work to HSCC(I) Ltd. as Project Management and Supervision Consultant for civil component of  19 Government Medical Colleges / Institutes out of the total 39 Medical Colleges to be taken up for upgradation under Phase-III of PMSSY.

Out of the above 19 GMCIs, the Detailed Project Report in respect of 13 GMCIs, received through the State Govt. was examined / evaluated by the Technical Committee and approved by the Competent Authority in this Ministry.

The funds will be released to Project Management & Supervision Consultants after following due procedure.

(e):	Provisioning of manpower for running and operation of the upgraded facilities is to be done by the respective State Government.

**ANNEXURE-I**

**UPGRADATION OF EXISTING MEDICAL COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS**

**Ist phase**

- 1.1. Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
- 1.2. Govt. Medical College, Bangalore (Karnataka)
- 1.3. Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem (Tamil Nadu)
- 1.4. Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
- 1.5. Sri Venkateswara Instt. of Medical Sciences, Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh)
- 1.6. Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
- 1.7. Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (UP)
- 1.8. Government Medical College, Jammu (J&K)
- 1.9. Government Medical College, Srinagar (J&K)
- 1.10. Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi (Jharkhand)
- 1.11. Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata (West Bengal)
- 1.12. B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
- 1.13. Grants Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai (Maharashtra)

**2** **nd** **Phase**

1.	Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab;

2.	Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, Hmachal Pradesh;

3.	Government Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu;

4.	Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra;

5.	Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of AMU, Aligarh.

6.	Pandit B.D. Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Med. Sciences, Rohtak

**3** **rd** **Phase**

|   1. | Andhra Pradesh   | Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada Govt. Medical College, Anantpur                                                                               |
|------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   2. | Telangana        | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad  Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal                                                             |
|   3. | Assam            | Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh                                                                                  |
|   4. | Bihar            | Srikrishna Medical College, Muzaffarapur Govt. Medical College, Darbhanga                                                                            |
|   4. | Goa              | Goa Medical College, Panaji                                                                                                                          |
|   6. | Gujarat          | Govt. Medical College, Rajkot                                                                                                                        |
|   7. | Himachal Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical College, Shimla                                                                                                          |
|   8. | Jharkhand        | Patliputra Medical College, Dhanbad                                                                                                                  |
|   9. | Karnataka        | Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary  Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli                                                   |
|  10. | Kerala           | Kozhikode Medical College  T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha                                                                                           |
|   11 | Madhya Pradesh   | Govt. Medical College, Rewa  Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur  GR Medical College, Gwalior                                      |
|  12. | Maharashtra      | Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad  Govt. Medical College,  Latur  Govt. Medical College, Akola  Shri Vasantrao Naik Govt. Medical College, Yavatmal. |
|  13. | Orissa           | MKCG Medical College, Behrampur  VSS Medical College, Burla.                                                                                         |
|  14. | Punjab           | Govt. Medical College, Patiala                                                                                                                       |
|   15 | Rajasthan        | SP Medical College, Bikaner  RNT Medical College, Udaipur  Govt. Medical College, Kota                                                               |
|  16. | Tamil Nadu       | Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur  Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli                                                                       |
|  17. | Tripura          | Agartala Govt. Medical College, Tripura                                                                                                              |
|  18. | Uttar Pradesh    | Govt. Medical College, Jhansi  Govt. Medical College, Gorakhpur  MLN Medical College, Allahabad  LLR Medical College, Meerut.                        |
|   19 | West Bengal      | BS Medical College, Bankura  Govt. Medical College, Malda  North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling                                                  |

**ANNEXURE-II**

| ***S. No***                    | **State**        | **Name of institution**                                           |                                     | **Funds released (Rs. in Crore)**   |             |             |             |            |
|--------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|                                |                  |                                                                   | **Upto 31**  **st**  **March 2012** | **2012-13**                         | **2013-14** | **2014-15** | **2015-16** | **Total**  |
| **1**  **st**  **Phase**       |                  |                                                                   |                                     |                                     |             |             |             |            |
| *1*                            | Jammu & Kashmir  | Govt. Medical College, Jammu                                      | 100.19                              | 7.08                                | 1.47        | 1.45        | **-**       | **110.19** |
| *2*                            | Jammu & Kashmir  | Govt. Medical College, Srinagar                                   | 68.86                               | 16.74                               | 11.02       | 0           | **-**       | **96.62**  |
| *3*                            | Jharkhand        | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi                    | 69.25                               | 11.94                               | 3.66        | 0           | **-**       | **84.85**  |
| *4*                            | Karnataka        | Govt. Medical College, Bangalore                                  | 92.54                               | 0                                   | 2.78        | 0           | **-**       | **95.32**  |
| *5*                            | Kerala           | Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram                         | 83.92                               | 0                                   | 0.02        | 0           | **-**       | **83.94**  |
| *6*                            | Tamil Nadu       | Govt. Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem                 | 93.565                              | 0                                   | 0           | 0           | **-**       | **93.565** |
| *7*                            | Telengana        | NIMS, Hyderabad                                                   | 87.25                               | 0                                   | 7.68        | 0           | **-**       | **94.93**  |
| *8*                            | Uttar Pradesh    | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow  | 72.38                               | 8.66                                | 0           | 9.76        | **-**       | **90.8**   |
|                                | Uttar Pradesh    | Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 73.87                               | 11.34                               | 3.24        | 8.04        | **-**       | **97.67**  |
| *9*                            | West Bengal      | **Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata**  *                           | 40.34                               | 3.25                                | 2.07        | 0           | **-**       | **45.66**  |
| ***2***  ***nd***  ***Phase*** |                  |                                                                   |                                     |                                     |             |             |             |            |
| *10*                           | Punjab           | Govt. Medical College, Amristar                                   | 45.55                               | 11.77                               | 20.3        | 2.04        | **-**       | **79.66**  |
| *11*                           | Uttar Pradesh    | JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh                                  | 9.79                                | 47.00                               | 8.14        | 8.15        | **-**       | **73.08**  |
| *12*                           | Himachal Pradesh | Dr. RR Medical College, Tanda                                     | 35.08                               | 13.97                               | 21.22       | 15.03       | **-**       | **85.03**  |
| *13*                           | Tamil Nadu       | Madurai Medical College                                           | 0                                   | 0                                   | 9.55        | 10.00       | **-**       | **19.55**  |

***** Release of funds also includes work of OPD & Academic Blocks.