Tuesday, 5 August 2014

Rural Emergency Health Transportation Services

Availability of dependable emergency patient transportation services is important for saving lives and better utilization of health care services.

Under National Health Mission (NHM), financial support is being provided to the States/UTs for procurement and operation of basic and advanced ambulance services. There are 15673 ambulances and 4416 empanelled patient transportation vehicles supported under NHM.

Details of funds allocated under the NHM for referral transport during the year 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 is given below:

Statement Showing  Approvals  under Referral Transport (Ambulance/EMRI)
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl.No.
Name of State/UT
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
A
High Focus States
1
Bihar
1,966.88
337.80
641.29
2
Chattisgarh
3,094.67
3,701.90
1,228.40
3
Himachal Pradesh
864.00
1,179.69
722.40
4
J&K
149.89
2,601.00
16.87
5
Jharkhand
500.00
3,572.00
858.40
6
Madhya Pradesh
1,185.00
2,562.03
2,763.79
7
Orissa
-
791.67
-
8
Rajasthan
5,425.85
1,344.00
2,258.48
9
Uttar Pradesh
5,311.50
14,347.40
8,043.03
10
Uttaranchal
877.40
1,284.39
486.24
Sub Total
19,375.19
31,721.88
17,018.90
B
N.E STATES
11
Arunachal Pradesh
67.68
84.60
92.08
12
Assam
844.24
5,653.05
2,822.40
13
Manipur
60.00
223.50
265.20
14
Meghalaya
174.70
573.72
110.88
15
Mizoram
69.60
155.56
139.69
16
Nagaland
15.25
103.93
82.90
17
Sikkim
-
-
22.01
18
Tripura
80.00
668.79
357.96
Sub Total
1,311.47
7,463.15
3,893.12
C
Non High Focus States
19
Andhra Pradesh
1,990.00
-
-
20
Goa
316.00
353.80
79.20
21
Gujarat
185.00
100.00
-
22
Haryana
1,513.43
1,253.96
3,573.56
23
Karnataka
3,182.40
4,842.13
4,784.87
24
Kerala
300.00
3,441.38
1,033.36
25
Maharashtra
3,076.28
10,011.31
7,809.20
26
Punjab
3,717.98
2,669.31
-
27
Tamil Nadu
2,634.77
4,293.58
2,025.20
28
West Bengal
4,393.57
-
-
Sub Total
21,309.43
26,965.47
19,305.39
D
Small States/ UTs
29
Andaman & Nicobar Island
11.00
-
-
30
Chandigarh
73.66
41.02
122.68
31
Dadar& Nagar  Haveli
-
-
-
32
Daman & Diu
3.12
48.00
68.07
33
Delhi
7.85
1,367.24
3,040.00
34
Lakshadweep
-
3.00
-
35
Puducherry
133.31
106.25
86.97
Sub Total
228.94
1,565.51
3,317.72
Total
42,225.03
67,716.01
43,535.13
































The Health Minister stated this in a written reply in the RajyaSabha here today.

Courtesy : pib.nic.in

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