Lok Sabha Question No. 912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-24
Subject: Virology Institutes
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, K. C. VENUGOPAL

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.912**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 24** **TH** **JULY, 2015**

**Virology Institutes**

**912. 	SHRI D.S. RATHOD:**

**SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA:**

**SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:**

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

(a) the number of virology institutes in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government proposes to set up new virology institutes and strengthen/upgrade existing institutes/ laboratories at various levels in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the funds earmarked/allocated for the purpose and the time by which the work is likely to be completed, State/UT-wise;

(d) whether the Government has received any proposal from certain States/ UTs in this regard; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government thereon during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE**

**(SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)**

(a):	National Institute of Virology at Pune, Maharashtra is Apex Institute for viral investigations and research in the country.  It also has three field stations at Bangalore (Karnataka), Gorakhpur (U.P.) and Alappuzha (Kerala).

Besides, the following Institutes of Department of Health Research are also working on viruses:

1. Enterovirus Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

1. National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal

1. National AIDS Research institute, Pune, Maharashtra

1. ICMR’s Virus Unit, Kolkata

1. Regional AIDS Research Institute Centre, Bhubaneshwar

1. Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh

1. Regional Medical Research Centre, Jabalpur

1. Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair

1. Desert Medical Research Centre, Jodhpur

1. Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

1. Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai.

(b) &(c):	Department of Health Research has launched ascheme namely, “Establishment of a Network of Laboratories for Managing Epidemics and Natural Calamities” for setting up of three tier VirologyResearch & Diagnostic Laboratories VRDLs viz Regional Level, State Level and Medical College Level Laboratories in the country during the 12 th plan period. The Regional Labs are set up in the various Central Institutes/State AIIMS, etc. The State Level & Medical College Level Labs are established in the Government Medical Colleges of various States/UTs.

No State/UT-wise allocation of funds is earmarked under the scheme. Funds are sanctioned for each category of Lab as per the approved norms under the scheme and budgetary allocations.

(d) & (e):	Based on the proposals received fromthe various States/UTs, for establishment of virology laboratories, 51 Viral Research & Diagnostic Laboratories which includes 5 Regional Level, 11 State Level and 35 Medical College Level laboratories have been sanctioned by the Department of Health Research. The list of these VRDLs is given in **Annexure** .

**ANNEXURE**

**List of Viral Research & Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) sanctioned by Department of Health Research(DHR)**

| **S.No**                        | **List of Viral Research & Diagnostic Labs (VRDLs)**                                |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                 | **Regional Labs**                                                                       |
|                                 | PGI Chandigarh(UT)                                                                      |
|                                 | Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), ICMR, Dibrugarh, (Assam)                       |
|                                 | AIIMS, Bhopal, (Madhya Pradesh)                                                         |
|                                 | NICED Virus Unit, ICMR, Kolkata, (West Bengal)                                          |
|                                 | JIPMER, Puducherry                                                                      |
|                                 | **State level Labs**                                                                    |
|                                 | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, (Himachal Pradesh)                               |
|                                 | Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, (J & K)                         |
|                                 | B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, (Gujarat)                                              |
|                                 | NEIGRIHMS, Shillong ,(Meghalaya)                                                        |
|                                 | Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore (Karnataka)                 |
|                                 | Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati                                                      |
|                                 | SCB Medical College, Cuttack (Odhisha)                                                  |
|                                 | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, (Manipur)                               |
|                                 | Government Medical College, Kozikhode                                                   |
|                                 | King George Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                  |
|                                 | SMS Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan                                                  |
| **Medical College Level Labs:** |                                                                                         |
|                                 | Govt. Medical College, Jammu, (J & K)                                                   |
|                                 | PGI, Rohtak, (Haryana)                                                                  |
|                                 | Govt. Medical College, Amritsar, (Punjab)                                               |
|                                 | Government Medical College, Patiala, (Punjab)                                           |
|                                 | Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, (Punjab)                             |
|                                 | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur, (Maharashtra)                                    |
|                                 | Government Medial College, Miraj, Sangli, (Maharashtra)                                 |
|                                 | Patna Medical College, Patna, (Bihar)                                                   |
|                                 | S.K.Medical College, Muzzafarpur, Bihar                                                 |
|                                 | Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga, Bihar                                             |
|                                 | Government Medical college, Trivandrum, Kerala                                          |
|                                 | Government Medical College, Thissur, Kerala                                             |
|                                 | Sarojini Naidu Medical College & Hospital, Agra, UP                                     |
|                                 | GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, UP                                                        |
|                                 | Uttar Pradesh Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Saifai, Etawah, UP  * |
|                                 | J.N.Medical college, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh                                             |
|                                 | Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, (Andhra Pradesh)              |
|                                 | Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad(Andhra Pradesh)                                      |
|                                 | Siddharth Medical College, Gunadala, Vijaywada, (Andhra Pradesh)                        |
|                                 | Late Sri Baliram Kashyap Memorial Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur, (Chattisgarh)       |
|                                 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda (Himachal Pradesh)                |
|                                 | Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore, (Karnataka)                        |
|                                 | Vijaynagar Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary, Karnataka                            |
|                                 | Madurai Medical College, Madurai, (Tamil Nadu)                                          |
|                                 | Government Medical College, Theni, (Tamil Nadu)                                         |
|                                 | Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, (Rajasthan)                                          |
|                                 | Government Medial College, Agartala, (Tripura)                                          |
|                                 | Jawarhar Lal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, (Manipur)                     |
|                                 | Silchar Medical College, (Assam)                                                        |
|                                 | Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttrakhand                                        |
|                                 | Kakatiya Medical College, Nizampura, Warangal, (Telangana)                              |
|                                 | R G Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, (West Bengal)                              |
|                                 | IPGMER, Kolkata, (West Bengal)                                                          |
|                                 | M.G.M Medical college, Indore, Madhya Pradesh                                           |
|                                 | M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, (Gujarat)                                          |