(a) whether the Government has been working towards the objectives of
achieving higher standards of health for general population of the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the details of the steps taken by the Government during 2010 to obtain
its objectives; and
(d) the details of the new initiatives taken by the Government to obtain the
objectives at the earliest?
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI)
(a) to (c) Yes. To achieve higher standards of health for people of the
country, the Government has launched National Rural health Mission (NRHM).
The aim of the Mission is to provide accessible, affordable and quality
healthcare to the rural population especially to the vulnerable sections.
The Mission also aims at guaranteed service delivery at all health facilities
and quantifiable deliverables for all national disease control programs.
To achieve the objectives, the Government has supported the States/UTs
in improving health care infrastructure, augmenting human resources, Mobile
Medical Units, emergency transport, Capacity Building, training, provision of
drugs and equipments through NRHM. In the financial year 2010-11 an amount
of Rs.7832.96 crores have been released to the States up to 31st December, 2010
under NRHM for various activities. Under NRHM nearly 8284 MBBS Doctors, 1572
Specialists, 9578 AYUSH Doctors, 26734 Staff Nurses, 53552 ANMs and 18272
Paramedics have been engaged by States on contractual basis.
For focused attention to districts having weak health indicators and
high concentration of vulnerable population, 264 High Focus Districts have
been identified across the country for supportive supervision and higher
allocation of funds to bridge critical gaps especially in infrastructure
and human resources.
Government has approved a scheme for establishing 269 ANM/GNM schools
in the districts which do not have such facility in the public sector.
Under the programme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) it
has been decided to set up six AIIMS like institutions and upgrading existing
13 medical college institution in the first phase, and two AIIMS like
institutions and upgradation of 6 more medical college institutions in the
second phase to provide affordable tertiary health care services and quality
medical education in the country.