Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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Healthcare Infrastructure

Posted On: 10 DEC 2021 4:34PM by PIB Delhi

Under PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), it is envisaged to develop two self-contained Container Based Mobile Hospitals as a part of Strengthening Disaster and Epidemic Preparedness. These can be deployed at a short notice, during emergencies such as natural calamities or disasters and epidemic outbreaks, as per the needs of the country.

Government of India is developing critical care hospital blocks in 602 districts under PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM). Government of India has launched PM-ABHIM with an outlay of Rs. 64,180 crores till 2025-26 envisages increased investments in public health and other health reforms to safeguard against future public health emergencies by focusing in health infrastructure.

Government of India aims to set up 1,50,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) by December 2022, as the platform to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) closer to the home. Under Ayushman Bharat, the existing Sub-health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are being transformed into AB-HWCs to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) that includes preventive, promotive, curative, palliative and rehabilitative services which is universal, free and close to the community. As per HWC Portal, total of 80,545 nos. of AB-HWC (including 54,507 SHC-HWC, 21,830 PHC-HWC and 4208 UPHC-HWC) are operationalized as on 2ndDecember 2021.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for ‘Establishment of New Medical Colleges Attached with Existing District/Referral Hospitals’. Under this scheme, 157 new medical colleges have been sanctioned in three phases. Out of these, 70 medical colleges have become functional. State-wise details of approved 157 new medical colleges are placed at Annexure.

 

Annexure

 

State-wise details of approved 157 new medical colleges

 

Sl. No.

State/UT

No. of colleges

Districts

 

Phase-I (58)

 

1

A & N Islands

1

Port Blair

 

2

Arunachal Pradesh

1

Naharlagun

 

3

Assam

4

Dhubri, Nagaon, North Lakhimpur, Diphu

 

4

Bihar

3

Purnia, Saran (Chhapara), Samastipur

 

5

Chhattisgarh

2

Rajnandgaon, Sarguja

 

6

Himachal Pradesh

3

Chamba, Hamirpur, Nahan (Sirmour)

 

7

Haryana

1

Bhiwani

 

8

Jharkhand

3

Dumka, Hazaribagh, Palamu (Daltonganj)

 

9

Jammu & Kashmir

5

Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua

 

10

Madhya Pradesh

7

Datia, Khandwa, Ratlam, Shahdol, Vidisha, Chindwara, Shivpuri

 

11

Maharashtra

1

Gondia

 

12

Meghalaya

1

West Garo Hills (Tura)

 

13

Mizoram

1

Falkawn

 

14

Nagaland

1

Naga Hospital (Kohima)

 

15

Odisha

5

Balasore, Baripada (Mayurbhanj), Bolangir, Koraput, Puri

 

16

Punjab

1

SAS Nagar

 

17

Rajasthan

7

Barmer, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Churu, Dungarpur, Pali, Sikar

 

18

Uttar Pradesh

5

Basti, Faizabad, Firozabad, Shahjahanpur, Bahraich

 

19

Uttarakhand

1

Almora

 

20

West Bengal

5

Birbhum (Rampur Hat), Cooch behar, Diamond harbour, Purulia, Raiganj (North Dinajpur)

 

Phase –II (24)

 

1

Bihar

5

Sitamarhi, Jhanjharpur, Siwan, Buxar, Jamui

 

2

Jharkhand

2

Koderma, Chaibasa (Singhbhum)

 

3

Madhya Pradesh

1

Satna

 

4

Odisha

1

Jajpur

 

5

Rajasthan

1

Dholpur

 

6

Uttar Pradesh

8

Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar (Domariyaganj), Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur

 

7

West Bengal

5

Barasat, Uluberia, Arambagh, Jhargram, Tamluk

 

8

Sikkim

1

Gangtok

Phase-III (75)

1

Andhra Pradesh

3

Piduguralla, Paderu, Machilipatnam

2

Assam

1

Kokrajhar

3

Chhattisgarh

3

Korba, Mahasamund, Kanker

4

Gujarat

5

Narmada, Navsari, Panchmahal, Porbandar, Morbi

5

Jammu & Kashmir

2

Udhampur, Handwara (Distt. Kupwara)

6

Karnataka

4

Chikkamagaluru, Haveri, Yadgiri, Chikkaballapura

7

Ladakh

1

Leh

8

Madhya Pradesh

6

Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli

9

Maharashtra

1

Nandurbar

10

Manipur

1

Churachandpur

11

Nagaland

1

Mon

12

Odisha

1

Kalahandi

13

Punjab

2

Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur

14

Rajasthan

15

Alwar, Baran, Bansawara, Chittorgarh, Jaisalmer, Karauli,

Nagaur, ShriGanganagar, Sirohi, Bundi, SawaiMadhopur, Tonk, Hanumangarh, Jhunjhunu, Dausa

15

Uttarakhand

3

Rudrapur (Distt. Udham Singh Nagar), Pithoragarh, Haridwar

16

Uttar Pradesh

14

Bijnaur, Kushinagar, Sultanpur, Gonda, Lalitpur, LakhimpurKheri, Chandauli, Bulandshahar, Sonbhadra, Pilibhit, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kaushambi, Amethi

17

Tamil Nadu

11

Tiruppur, Nilgiris, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal, Dindigul,

Virudhunagar, Krishnagiri, Tiruvallur, Nagapattinam,

Ariyalur, Kallakurichi

18

West Bengal

1

Jalpaiguri

             


 

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the LokSabha today.

 

 

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