Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the condition of Government hospitals in Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh has improved during last three years and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether the Government has taken steps to modernise/upgrade hospitals especially in rural parts of the country;
(c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a): There is marked improvement in the conditions of Government hospitals in Jharkhand & Uttar Pradesh. Under National Quality Assurance Program, there is 24.9% and 4.49% improvement in median scores of District Hospitals of UP and Jharkhand respectively in the year 2018.
Under the Kayakalp, in the state of Jharkhand, Sadar Hospital Gumla had qualified for the Kayakalp award in the Year 2015-16. In the next year (2016-17), number of Kayakalp winner facilities rose to 6 facilities (3 District hospitals, 1 CHCs and 2 PHCs). In the next year (2017-18), number of Kayakalp awardee facilities became 15 (DH-2, CHC-4, PHC-9).
In the State of Uttar Pradesh also, there has been increasing trends in number of facilities winning the Kayakalp awards, from 11 District Hospitals in 2015-16 to 37 Health facilities (DH-12, CHC-11, PHC-14) in the FY 2016 -17. In the FY (2017-18), 116 health facilities (37 District hospitals, 25 CHCs and 54 PHCs) were Kayakalp Awardees.
(b) to (d): “Public Health & Hospital” being a state subject, the primary responsibility of improving the conditions and modernisation/ upgradation of Government hospitals including rural areas is that of respective State Government. Under National Health Mission (NHM), the central government provides technical and financial support to States/UTs support for equipment, use of modern technologies & upgradation of infrastructure based on proposals received from respective States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plan (PIPs).
As per the Rural Health Statistics (RHS) 2018, as on 31.3.2018, the status of public health facilities functioning in the country is as under:
• 1, 58,417 Sub Centres (SCs)
• 25,743 Primary Health Centres (PHCs)
• 5,624 Community Health Centres (CHCs)
• 1130 Sub-divisional Hospitals (SDHs) & 764 Districts Hospitals (DH).
• 3369 First Referral Units (FRUs).
The state wise details of public health facilities in rural areas of the Country is given in Annexure-I.
Also under Ayushman Bharat, Sub Health Centres and Primary Health Centres are being strengthened as Health and Wellness Centres. The state wise list of approvals for Health & Wellness Centres upto 2018-19 is at Annexure-II.