Question : Free Medicines to Patients

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

(a) whether stock of free medicines are available for the treatment of malaria, dengue, swine flu, leprosy etc. in Government hospitals and dispensaries in rural areas;

(b) if so, the details of medicines disbursed to patients during the last three years;

(c) the district-wise number of patients of Jammu and Kashmir who have been examined by Government hospitals for swine flu and other diseases; and

(d) the district-wise number of patients died of swine flu in the country including Maharashtra during the last two years?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) & (b): Public Health and Hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibility to ensure availability of medicines for treatment of diseases including for malaria, dengue, swine flu and leprosy in Government hospitals and dispensaries is that of respective State/ UT government. The details of medicines Multi Drug Therapy (MDT) distributed for leprosy during April, 2015 to Jan, 2018 is at Annexure-I. The list of medicines distributed to States for treatment of Seasonal Influenza (Swine Flu) by General Medical Store Department (GMSD), MoHFW for the year 2017-18 (as on 5.02.2018) is placed at Annexure-II.

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During the last three years the anti-malarial drugs (Tab. Chloroquine and Tab. Primaquine for P.vivax malaria; Tab. ACT-SP/ACT-AL (Artemisinin based combination therapy with Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine/ Artemisinin based combination therapy with Artemether Lumefantrine) and Tab. Primaquine for P.falciparum malaria) were given to following number of patients:

SN. Year Number of malaria Patients
1 2015 11,69,261
2 2016 10,87,285
3 2017* 8,40,838
*Provisional

As on date, there is no specific medicine available for treatment of dengue. Cases are treated symptomatically.

(c ): The district wise number of cases and deaths of swine flu as reported by the State of Jammu and Kashmir is placed at Annexure-III. The details of district wise number of patients of Jammu and Kashmir who have been examined for Malaria and Dengue is at Annexure-IV.

(d): The State wise number of deaths reported by States/ UTs due to swine flu is placed at Annexure-V. The district wise deaths reported by Maharashtra in last two years is placed at Annexure-VI.