(a) whether the various State Governments have demanded financial assistance from the
Union Government to upgrade hospitals in their States with all the requisite
treatment facilities;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether in many parts of the country people have to travel a long distance for
the treatment due to nonexistence of hospitals nearby; and
(d) if so, the corrective measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in
this regard?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
a) to (d): Upgradation of Sub Centres (SC), Public Health Centres (PHC) and
Community Health Centres (CHC) is an ongoing process under National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) for improving primary and secondary health care facilities in the
country. State/UT Governments assess their requirement for upgradation of existing
health infrastructure and for creating new infrastructure in rural areas and reflect
the same in the annual Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) under NRHM.The funds are
released to State Governments as per the recommendations of the National Programme
Coordination Committee.
In addition,Central Government is making efforts to set up new AIIMS-like
institutions and upgrade existing Government medical college institutions under the
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana for improving tertiary health-care
facilities in the Government sector.