Hospitals And Beds In India (Statewise)

Context

The Novel coronavirus (Covid-19) has caused acute shortage of healthcare infrastructure. The following is number of beds and hospitals in different states and union territories. This data along with the patient database can be crucial in predicting the acute shortages of medical infrastructure and supplement wherever necessary.

Content

The files contain the details of number of beds and hospitals in different states and union territories as of July 2018. The dataset is further classified into the ministries that maintain these hospitals and beds (Ministry of Defence, Railways etc.).

The file contains

1. Number of Primary Health Centers(PHCs), Community Health Centers(CHCs), Sub-District/Divisional Hospitals(SDHs), District Hospitals(DHs) and beds, India, State/UT wise as uploaded by the State/UTs on the Health Management Information System (HMIS) portal of the Ministry.
2. Number of Govt. Hospitals and beds in Rural and Urban Areas, India, State/UT wise, as available in the Publication National Health Profile 2018.
3. Number of AYUSH hospitals and beds State/UT-wise, as provided by the Ministry of AYUSH.
4. Number of Hospitals and beds maintained by Ministry of Defence, State wise and Total.
5. Number of Railway Hospitals and beds, as available in the Publication National Health Profile 2018.
6. Number of Employees State Insurance Corporation Hospitals and beds, State/UT and Total, as available in the Publication National Health Profile 2018.

The original data is available in HTML format at (https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1539877) Archive. The original data is copyright free and republished here with CC0 License

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