(a) whether the Government has taken adequate steps through the centrally sponsored schemes to create more human resources in medical sector and remove geographical disparity in the availability of medical care during the last five years;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government medical colleges are set up in all the districts of the country at present; and
(d) if not, whether the Government is working on any action plan in this regard?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a) to (d) To meet the shortage of human resource in health, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for ‘Establishment of new Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals’ where there are no existing Government or private medical college. Under the Scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been approved in three phases and 70 are already functional. The details are at Annexure.
In addition, Under Central Sector Scheme for setting up of new AIIMS, 22 AIIMS have been approved. Undergraduate courses have started in 18 AIIMS.