The information of emergency, referral
and patient transport ambulances as on 31.3.2012 is Annexed.
Public Health is a State subject.
Under National Rural Health Mission [NRHM] financial assistance is provided to
State/UT Governments based on the requirements posed by them for ambulance and
emergency healthcare services in their annual Programme
Implementation Plan (PIPs). The model for implementation of this scheme is
selected by respective State/UT Government depending upon their requirement and
suitability.
The entire capital
cost for Emergency Medical Response Initiative (EMRI) is admissible under NRHM
fund but the operational cost is provided only for first 3 years on a declining
scale of 60% in first year of operation, 40% in second year and 20% in the
third year. In
the case of basic patient ambulances, other than EMRI, such as those used for
transporting pregnant women for delivery to the Health facility and back, both
the entire capital expenditure as well as operational costs are admissible
under NRHM funds.
Such information is not maintained by
the Ministry. As mentioned in reply to part (b) above, each of the states have
designed the scheme as per their needs.
The
Goa Government, in their annual Programme
Implementation Plan for 2012-13, had proposed to provide Telemedicine Facility
for 12 Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances and 5 Emergency Medical Treatment
(EMT) rooms, which has been approved.
Emergency referral transport is provided in the State of
Goa in the form of “Dial 108” ambulances. As on 31.3.2012, there were 71
ambulances in Goa providing this service, of which 38 ambulances are owned by
the state government and 33 ambulances are owned by the service provider,
Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI). Of the 33 ambulances
operated by EMRI, 2 are neonatal referral ambulances.
The
above information was given by the Minister of State for Health & Family
Welfare Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Annexure
Emergency Response Services
|
Emergency
Referral Transport and Ambulances*
|
|
S.No.
|
State
|
Number
of ERS Vehicles Operational in the State/UT Under NRHM
|
Number
of Ambulances functioning in the State/UTs
|
|
(At
PHC/CHC/SDH/DH)
|
|
1
|
Bihar
|
563
|
0
|
|
2
|
Chattisgarh
|
172
|
0
|
|
3
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
112
|
206
|
|
4
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
0
|
175
|
|
5
|
Jharkhand
|
0
|
167
|
|
6
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
102
|
0
|
|
7
|
Orissa
|
0
|
421
|
|
8
|
Rajasthan
|
464
|
363
|
|
9
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Uttarakhand
|
139
|
160
|
|
11
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
0
|
94
|
|
12
|
Assam
|
280
|
830
|
|
13
|
Manipur
|
0
|
7
|
|
14
|
Meghalaya
|
42
|
99
|
|
15
|
Mizoram
|
0
|
57
|
|
16
|
Nagaland
|
0
|
71
|
|
17
|
Sikkim
|
0
|
28
|
|
18
|
Tripura
|
0
|
0
|
|
19
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
752
|
390
|
|
20
|
Goa
|
33
|
38
|
|
21
|
Gujarat
|
506
|
197
|
|
22
|
Haryana
|
357
|
0
|
|
23
|
Karnataka
|
517
|
539
|
|
24
|
Kerala
|
50
|
|
|
25
|
Maharashtra
|
1587
|
2342
|
|
26
|
Punjab
|
240
|
212
|
|
27
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
453
|
281
|
|
28
|
West
Bengal
|
788
|
341
|
|
29
|
A
& N Islands
|
0
|
11
|
|
30
|
Chandigarh
|
0
|
0
|
|
31
|
D
& N Haveli
|
0
|
15
|
|
32
|
Daman
& Diu
|
10
|
5
|
|
33
|
Delhi
|
41
|
51
|
|
34
|
Lakshadweep
|
0
|
19
|
|
35
|
Puducherry
|
10
|
48
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
7218
|
7167
|
*Status as on 31.03.2012, ERS vehicle
includes 108 and 102 types.