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Andaman & Nicobar Islands have a well-developed health infrastructure in the

form of 107 Sub-Centres. 19 Primary Health Centres, 4 Community Health Centres, 7
Homoeo Dispensaries and 2 district hospitals in the rural areas and 5 Urban Health
Centres, one Homoeo dispensary, one Ayurvedic dispensary and one referral hospital
in the town.
The present Birth rate & Death rate is 17.81 & 3.46 per thousand populations
respectively. The infant Mortality Rate at present is 17.33 per thousand live births.
Couple Protection Rate is 58.16% and total Fertility Rate is 1.9/1000. The percentage
of institutional delivery by skilled person is 82%.
The incidence of nutritional deficiency diseases, diarrhea and communicable
disease, which were the main causes of mortality and morbidity in the past, has
considerably been brought down. It is a unique feature of these islands that all health
facilities are provided free of cost including treatment, investigation, medicines and diet.
Only in the case of Nursing Home & Special Ward nominal rates are levied as room
charges. Unlike mainland, all PHCs in the islands have 10 bedded inpatient facilities,
with X-ray Laboratory and diet and all CHCs are 50-70 bedded with OT and other
facilities. Further, the expenditure on treatment of serious patients at mainland under
BPL category is met out of the fund provided by GOI under National Illness Assistance
Fund. A total of 349 patients have benefited under this scheme.
There are 1005 hospital beds in the hospitals, CHCs and PHCs all over the
territory. Of these 805 beds are in Andaman District and the remaining 200 are in the
Nicobar District. Although tribal population is only 9.5%, 30% of the health institution
are in the Southern group of islands.
The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee launched the telemedicine project on
3rd July, 2002 being in Delhi linking the G.B.Pant Hospital, Port Blair with Sri
Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute.
The first mobile dispensary was inaugurated and made functional on 14th August
2002 at PHC, Garacharma.
The first Nursing School was inaugurated on 12th November, 2001 in the premises
of the Old OPD complex in G.B Pant Hospital.
Unique Laproscopic, Cholestectomy surgery was conducted with the help of Karl
Storz-interscope from 18th to 21st July, 2003
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National Programmes:
Family Welfare Programme: the performance during the year 2001-2002 & 2002-2003
is as under:
Year Sterilization Contraceptives
Vasectomy Tubectomy OP Cycles IUD Condom User
2001-2002 24 2103 100 1145 1581
2002-2003 1840 11884 1485 137998
(upto 11/02)
Universal Immunization Programme (UIP): Due to high level of coverage no case of

Diphtheria has been reported during the last 15 years. Similarly, incidence of Whooping
Cough has also become negligible. There were only 15 cases of Measles in the last 2
years and no confirmed case of Polio has been detected or reported during the last 6
years.
National Anti Malaria Programme:-
The incidents of Malaria have shown fluctuating trend and seasonal variation in
the last 2 years. Of the 2,02,542 blood slides examined 865 were found positive and all
were treated during the 2002. One death was confirmed. During recent times personal
protection through impregnation of mosquito bed nets and bio-environmental control
methods eliminate vector have been encouraged.
National Leprosy Eradication Programme: Multi Drug therapy scheme was started in
the UT on 14th Nov, 1991 with Leprosy caseload of 831 cases with a prevalence rate of
29.6 per 10,000 population. The caseload and prevalence rate has come down to 1.65
per 10,000 population. At present there are 59 cases of Leprosy cases which includes
24 Multi Bacillary (MB) and 35 Pauci Bacllary (PB). A total of 55 new cases have been
detected and 84 cases made release from treatment during the period from 1-4-2002 to
31-3-2002.
National Blindness Control Programme
Under this programme the state programme cell has been created. A total
number of 530 cases of cataract were operated with Intro Ocular Lens against the target
of 500 for the year 2002-2003. For the first time micro surgery with IOL implantation
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was conducted in the rural and remote islands with the help of a newly purchased
sophisticated micro scope.
National Aids Control Programme: The National AIDS Control Programme was
launched in the UTT as a 100% centrally sponsored scheme during the year 1992-93.
A&N AIDS Control Society was registered under the Chairmanship of Commissioner-
cum-Secretary (Health), Director of Health Services as Vice-Chairman and Project
Director as member Secretary on 30th Oct, 1998.
Birth & Death Registration: This territory has achieved 100% registration of birth
events. Apart from this action is already in hand for registration of marriage. The Urban
Birth & Death Registration Centre of this territory has been computerized on 2nd
Dec.,2002.
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