Question : POSTMORTEM FACILITY



(a) whether the Government is aware of the poor State of postmortem facilities in the States;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and

(c) the corrective measures taken or proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) to (c): Maintaining post mortem facilities is a subject matter of State/UT governments. Such information is therefore not maintained by the Central Government.

There is no scheme/programme under the National Health Mission (NHM) to support strengthening of post-mortem facilities of State/UT.