(a) The total no of people afflicted with HIV/AIDS in India presently requiring Antiretroviral (ARV ) treatment;
(b) Whether free ARV treatment is available at the Government hospitals;
(c) if so, the names of the States and hospitals where the free ARV treatment is available and along with the number of beneficiaries in each State with a break up of women , men and children ; and
(d) the number of people requiring ARV treatment to be covered under the ARV treatment plan by the end of 2005?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a) The total number of people living with HIV/AIDS in India
who require ART is estimated to be about 5 lakh persons,
based on 51 lakhs estimated to be HIV infected in the
country.
(b) & (c) : Yes sir.
Free ART services are available in six high prevalent
states of the country, that is, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu,
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland and NCT
Delhi at ten selected Government Hospitals. Details of the
names of these hospitals and number of beneficiaries are
given at Annexure I attached.
Six additional hospitals that have also been sanctioned for
free ART services are Government Medical Colleges at Guntur
and Vizag in Andhra Pradesh, Meeraj (Sangli) in
Maharashtra, Madhurai and Madras Medical College Chennai in
Tamilnadu and JLN Hospital Imphal in Manipur.
(d): The number of people planned to be covered under ARV
treatment by the end of 2005 is 25,000.
ANNEXURE - I
Status Report of Patients Receiving ART (Cumulatitive Number from 1st April to 30th Nov 2004
Number on ART Sr Institution No. Male Female Childre Eunuchs Total s s n No. 1 Government 282 231 43 0 556 Hospital for Thoracic Medicine Tambaram (Chennai) 2 Regional Institute 164 66 4 0 234 of Medical Sciences Imphal (Manipur) 3 JJ Hospital 492 206 5 1 704 Mumbai 4 Osmania Medical 333 148 0 0 481 College Hyderabad 5 Dr Ram Manohar 183 68 40 0 291 Lohia Hospital Delhi 6 Lok Nayak Jai 151 52 0 3 206 Prakash Hospital Delhi 7 Bowring & Lady 138 41 8 0 187 Curzon Hospital (Government Medical College Bangalore) 8 Naga District Hosp 37 14 2 0 53 Kohima (Nagaland) 9 Medical College 16 6 0 0 22 Mysore (Karnataka) 10 Medical College 67 40 0 0 107 Hubli (Karnataka) Total 1863 872 102 4 2841..