Hospital Beds in India

As per the provisional data compiled by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI), there are 13,76,013 beds available in Government hospitals including CHCs in rural and urban areas in the Country. The details of the total number of hospitals and beds available and average population served per Government Hospital bed are given in annexure.

There is no global norm for the density of hospital beds in relation to total population.

Government of India has approved following projects for three Central Government Hospitals in Delhi:

S. No.	Name of Hospital	No. of additional beds
1.	Phase I of Redevelopment of Safdarjung Hospital	1307
2.	Phase I of Redevelopment of Lady Hardinge Medical College & Associated Hospitals	570
3.	Emergency Care Hospital, Dt. RML Hospital	287

Since Health is a State subject, it is the responsibility of the State Governments to make efforts for increasing the bed strength in the Hospitals under their jurisdiction in accordance with requirement and fund availability. The Government of India provides assistance to the State Governments in their efforts for expansion and upgradation of infrastructure including increase in bed strength of hospitals through various schemes including NRHM. The Government of India has also sanctioned 8 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences at Bhopal, Bhubaneshswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Rae Bareilly, Rai Ganj, (Uttar Dinajpur, WB), Raipur & Rishikesh and up-gradation of 19 existing medical institutions with additional bed capacity.

Annexure

State/UT-wise number of Government Hospitals in Rural and Urban areas (Including CHCs) in India

S. No.	Name of the State/UT	Total Number of		Average population served per Government Hospital bed
		Hospitals available	Beds available
1	Andhra Pradesh	460	37961	2230
2	Arunachal Pradesh	384	5010	236
3	Assam	1020	10179	3062
4	Bihar	671	13231	7846
5	Chhattisgarh	2023	10770	1984
6	Goa	11	2510	581
7	Gujarat	1553	35470	1746
8	Haryana	154	7879	3122
9	Himachal Pradesh	151	8485	808
10	Jammu & Kashmir	1969	7318	1733
11	Jharkhand	549	5414	6089
12	Karnataka	765	51986	1119
13	Kerala	1255	37021	910
14	Madhya Pradesh	1539	30302	2492
15	Maharashtra	1173	47217	2477
16	Manipur	225	1385	2
17	Meghalaya	40	2957	876
18	Mizoram	22	1064	1132
19	Nagaland	53	2427	905
20	Orissa	1750	16683	2514
21	Punjab	243	11419	2426
22	Rajasthan	2512	38617	1777
23	Sikkim	33	1560	390
24	Tamil Nadu	1995	62229	1203
25	Tripura	39	3485	1026
26	Uttar Pradesh	861	56384	3499
27	Uttarakhand	695	7965	1194
28	West Bengal	1566	77210	1213
29	Andaman  & Nicobar Islands	32	1075	353
30	Chandigarh	5	1750	603
31	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	2	281	1221
32	Daman & Diu	4	200	1215
33	Delhi	109	22961	744
34	Lakshadweep	3	120	533
35	Puducherry	50	2103	571
	India	35416	1376013	879

This information was given by the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha (13.08.2013).
Courtesy: (pib.nic.in) Press information Bureau