Question : Audit of Hospital Beds

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

(a) whether the Government has conducted audits of the total number of hospital beds in Government hospitals in the country, including hospital beds in central government-run hospitals;

(b) if so, the details thereof since 2014 and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government has conducted, or intends to conduct, an audit of the total number of hospital beds in private hospitals also; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a) to (d): ‘Health’ being a State subject, it is primarily responsibility of the State Government/UTs to make efforts for increasing the bed strength in their hospital in accordance with requirements and fund availability. No such data in this respect is centrally maintained.

As far as Central Government Hospitals located in Delhi namely Safdarjung, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia and Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals and the North East Institutes are concerned, the current bed strength is as under:-

S.No. Name of Hospital/Institutes Total Number of Beds
1. Safdarjung Hospital 2873
2. Dr. RML Hospital 1532
3. LHMC and Associated Hospital 1272
4 North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIMS) 594
5 Regional Institute of Mental Science 1200