(a) whether the Government have any proposal to set up some spinal injury centers in the country;
(b) if so, the States where these Spinal injury centers are proposed to be set up;
(c) whether there was any proposal to set up a spinal injury center at Cuttack in Orissa; and
(d) if so, the steps taken thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI A. RAJA)
(a) to (d): The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, to whom the matter pertains, is launching a centrally sponsored scheme for setting up of four Regional Rehabilitation Centres (RRC) for persons with Spinal Injuries and other Orthopaedic disabilities. The four centres are proposed to be located at MP (Jabalpur), Punjab (Mohali), Uttar Pradesh (Bareilly) and Orissa (Cuttack).