(a) whether the Government have provided any kind of assistance to the Voluntary Organisations to set up new hospitals/dispensaries in rural areas and to improve the existing hospital facilities;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the names of voluntary organisations, State-wise who had received assistance for the purpose during the last two years;
(d) whether all the voluntary organisations have submitted utilisation certificates; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI SHATRUGHAN SINHA)
(a)to(e): A statement is laid on the table of the Lok Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 122 FOR 27.11.2002
(a)&(b): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has provided financial assistance to voluntary organizations for setting up new hospitals/dispensaries in rural areas and to improve medical services under the following two schemes:-
(i) Special Health Scheme for Rural Areas: Under this Scheme, a maximum of Rs.8.00 lakhs was provided to voluntary organizations for setting up new hospitals/dispensaries in rural areas for construction of hospital building and Rs.4.00 lakhs for purchase of equipments. Financial Assistance provided under the Scheme was of non-recurring nature. The Scheme has, however, been discontinued from the financial year 2001-2002.
(ii) Scheme for Improvement of Medical Services: Under this Scheme, financial assistance upto a maximum of Rs.4.00 lakhs was provided to the Voluntary Organisations for expansion of hospital building/purchase of hospital equipments. The Scheme has been discontinued from the financial year 2002-2003.
The financial assistance is also provided to Voluntary Organisation/Non Government Organizations to set up/upgrade the eye care units in rural, tribal and under served areas.
(c): A statement is given as at Annexure-I and II
(d) &(e): The status of Utilization Certificates from the voluntary organization under the Schemes for Improvement of Medical Services and Special Health Scheme for Rural Areas is at Annexure -III.
Utilization Certificate in respect of grant provided for eye care unit have been received from the voluntary organizations wherever due.
ANNEXURE-I
SPECIAL HEALTH SCHEME FOR RURAL AREAS
S.No. Name of Organisation Year Amount (Rs.)
A. Maharashtra
1. Indian Cancer Society, Solapur 2000-2001 2,67,500/-
B. Kerala
1. Society for Mental Health, Thalakalathur, Kerala 2000-2001 2,77,907/-
SCHEME FOR IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES
S.No. Name of the Organisation Year Amount (Rs.)
A. Gujarat
1. Desai M.C. General Hospital,Sabarkantha 2000-2001 2,00,000/-
2. Deepak Medical Foundation, Baroda 2000-2001 4,00,000/-
3. Medical Care Centre Trust, Children Hospital, Vadodara 2001-2002 3,40,000/-
B. Manipur
1. Muolvaiphei Rural Health & Research Centre 2001-2002 4,00,000/-
ANNEXURE-II
NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR CONTROL OF BLINDNESS
(Rs. in lakhs)
Year Sl.No. Name of NGO Amount
2000-01 1 Karuna Trust, B.R. Hills District Chamrajnagar, Karnataka 8.875
2nd Installment
2001-02 1 Smt. Rajeshwari Ramakrishna Eye Hospital, Nidadavole, Andhra Pradesh 11.000 2 Urmil Jyoti Sansthan, District Bikaner, Rajasthan 10.000 3 Kasturba Health Society, Wardha, Maharashtra 17.750 4 Muolvaiphei Rural Health Research Centre, Churachandpur, (Manipur) 12.500
Total 51.250
ANNEXURE-III
2000-2001
SCHEME FOR IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES
1. Desai M.C. General Hospital, Sabarkantha, Gujarat W.11015/2/95-Grants 2,00,000.00 Equipments Reminder has been issued on 31-7-2002
2. Deepak Medical Foundation, Baroda, Gujarat W.11015/1/97-Grants 4,00,000.00 Equipments Utilisation Certificate issued on 17-10-2002
SPECIAL HEALTH SCHEME FOR RURAL AREAS
3. Indian Cancer Society, Solapur, Maharashtra W.11032/3/97-Grants 2,67,500.00 Construction work Reminder has been issued on 25-11-2002
4. Society for Mental Health, Thalakalthur, Kerala W.11032/9/90-Grants 2,88,907.00 Construction work Reminder has been issued on 4-9-2002
2001-2002
SCHEME FOR IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES
5. Medical Care Centre Trust Children Hospital, Vadodara Gujarat W.11015/1/98-Grants 3,40,000.00 Equipments Not yet due.
6. Muolvai Phei Rural Health & Research Centre, Churachandpur, Manipur W.11038/1/99-Grants 4,00,000.00 Equipments Not yet due.