Criteria fixed under the CGHS for opening new dispensaries in the country and details of the State-wise/UT wise places CGHS dispensaries are being operated under CGHS

 Criteria fixed under the CGHS for opening new dispensaries in the country and details of the State-wise/UT wise places CGHS dispensaries are being operated under CGHS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1539
TO BE ANSWERED ON 14THMARCH, 2023

1539. SH. DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the parameters/ criteria fixed under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) for opening new dispensaries in the country;

(b) the details of the State-wise/UT-wise places where such dispensaries are being operated under CGHS in the country; and

(c) the details of new dispensaries opened/proposed in Haryana during the last five years, District-wise?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (c) Government considers opening of new Wellness Centre as per extant norms, which include minimum 6000 Central Government Serving employees in the city, subject to availability of resources, sanction for creation of posts of Medical Officers, Staff Nurse, Pharmacists, and Clerical Staff etc. by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, and availability of suitable accommodation for new Wellness Centre. The details of State-wise/ UT- wise CGHS Wellness Centres are at Annexure. There are six (6) Wellness Centres in Haryana, and during last five years, one CGHS Wellness Centre each at Sonipat and Ambala (taken over from Postal Department) and one Wellness Centre in Faridabad were opened.

ANNEXURE

Sl. No.	State / Union Territory	City
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur(1), Nellore (1), Rajahmundry (1), Vijayawada (1), Visakhapatnam (2)
2.	Assam	Guwahati (5), Dibrugarh (1), Silchar(1)
3.	Bihar	Chappra(1), Darbhanga(1), Gaya(1), Muzzafarpur(1), Patna(5)
4.	Chhattisgarh	Raipur(2)
5.	Delhi	Delhi(86)
6.	Goa	Panaji (1)
7.	Gujarat	Ahmedabad (8), Gandhinagar(1), Vadodara(1)
8.	Haryana	Ambala(1), Faridabad(2), Gurgaon(2), Sonipat(1)
9.	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla (1)
10.	Jammu & Kashmir (UT)	Jammu (2), Srinagar(1)
11.	Jharkhand	Dhanbad(1), Ranchi(3)
12.	Karnataka	Bengaluru(10), Mysuru(1)
13.	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram(3), Kannur(1), Kozhikode(1), Kochi(1)
14.	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal(2), Gwalior(1), Jabalpur(6), Indore(1)
15.	Maharashtra	Mumbai(26), Nagpur(12), Pune(9), Nashik(1), Chandrapur(1)
16.	Manipur	Imphal(1)
17.	Meghalaya	Shillong(2)
18.	Mizoram	Aizawl(1)
19.	Nagaland	Kohima(1)
20.	Odisha	Berhampur(1), Bhubaneshwar(3), Cuttack(1)
21.	Punjab	Amritsar(1), Jalandhar(1)
22.	Puducherry	Puducherry(1)
23.	Rajasthan	Ajmer(1), Jodhpur(1), Jaipur(7), Kota(1)
24.	Sikkim	Gangtok(1)
25.	Tamil Nadu	Chennai(14), Tiruchirapalli(1), Tirunalveli(1)
26.	Telangana	Hyderabad(13)
27.	Tripura	Agartala(1)
28.	Uttrakhand	Dehradun(3)
29.	Uttar Pradesh	Agra(1), Prayagraj(7), Aligarh(1), Baghpat(1), Bareilly(1), Ghaziabad(1), Gorakhpur(1), Greater Noida(1), Indirapuram(1), Kanpur(9), Lucknow(9), Meerut(6), Moradabad(1), Noida(2), Saharanpur(1), Sahibabad(1), Varanasi(2)
30.	West Bengal	Jalpaiguri(1), Kolkata(19), Siliguri(1)
31.	Chandigarh (UT)	Chandigarh(1)