GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

 

RAJYA SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 25

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD JULY, 2009

HEALTH FACILTIES IN BACKWARD AREAS

 

*25.   DR.EJAZ ALI:

 

          Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

 

(a)     the provision of mobile health vans for Dalit Muslims, the number thereof, area-wise; and

 

(b)     provision of health check up centres and provision of medicines/doctors in backward areas across the country?

 

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)

 

(a) As per State Data Sheet, as on 30-4-2009, 310 Districts of country have the provision of Mobile Medical Units[MMU] for rural population especially the vulnerable sections irrespective of caste, creed and religion.  The list of number of districts, state wise, where MMU is functional is laid on the Table of the House.

 

 

(b)     Yes, Sir. The service is provided by a network of 145272 sub centers, 22370 Primary Health Centers and 4045 Community Health Centers.


 

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 25 FOR 3RD JULY, 2009

NUMBER OF DISTRICTS WHERE MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS ARE WORKING

SNO

NAME OF STATE

NUMBER OF DISTRICT

1

Himachal Pradesh

1

2

Jammu & Kashmir

2

3

Jharkhand

24

4

Madhya Pradesh

20

5

Utrarakhand

13

6

Arunachal Pradesh

16

7

Assam

23

8

Manipur

9

9

Meghalaya

7

10

Mizoram

9

11

Nagaland

11

12

Sikkim

4

13

Tripura

4

14

Andhra Pradesh

17

15

Goa

2

16

Gujarat

25

17

Haryana

6

18

Kerala

7

19

Punjab

16

20

Tamil Nadu

29

21

Chandigarh

1

22

Daman & Diu

1

23

Delhi

9

24

Rajasthan

33

25

Karnataka

19

26

Puducherry

2

 

Total

310

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