Question : District Hospital and Medical Colleges

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

(a) the details of the districts which do not have medical colleges in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of district hospitals in various districts of the country, functional as well as non-functional, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government has any proposal to attach medical colleges with the district hospitals for better and improved medical services for the benefit of the district and the local people and the likely benefits in terms of job opportunities to medical professionals in this regard; 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
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) & (b): As per information available in www.goidirectory.gov.in, there are 724 districts in the country. A statement showing details of the districts which do not have medical college, State/UT-wise, is given in Annexure-I. According to the available Rural Health Statistics (RHS) 2018-19, 756 district hospitals are functional in the country. Details of functional district hospitals, States/UTs-wise, are in Annexure-II.

(c) & (d): The Central Government is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for “establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals”. Till date, three (3) phases of the scheme have been launched and 58 districts in 20 States/UTs under Phase-I, 22 districts in 8 States/UTs under Phase-II, and 57 districts in 11 States/UTs under Phase-III have been identified to establish new medical colleges. The details are in Annexure – III, Annexure -IV and Annexure- V respectively.

Establishment of government medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals under this scheme will increase the availability of health professionals and mitigate the shortage of doctors in the country. It will lead to improvement in tertiary care facilities in underserved areas in a cost effective method by utilizing the existing district hospital/referral hospital.