Health care in Kolkata

The health care system in Kolkata consists of 48 government hospitals, mostly under the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, and 366 private medical establishments during 2010.[1] The health scenario in Kolkata is better than many other cities in India .

Health indicators

According to National Family Health Survey, 2005, only a small proportion of the households are covered under any health scheme or health insurance.[2]:41 The total fertility rate in Kolkata is 1.4, which is the lowest among the cities surveyed.[2]:45 In Kolkata, 77 percent of the married women use contraceptive, which is the highest among the cities surveyed; but use of modern contraceptive methods is the lowest (46 percent).[2]:47 Infant mortality rate in Kolkta is 41 per 1000 live birth, and mortality rate for children below five is 49 per 1000 live birth.[2]:48

Among the surveyed cities, Kolkata stands second (5 percent), where the children have not received any vaccination under Universal Immunization Programme.[2]:48 Kolkata stands second among the surveyed cities, with 57 percent of the children between 0 to 71 months has the reach to an anganwadi centre under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) programme.[2]:51Percentage of malnutrition, anemic and underweight children in Kolkata is less in comparison to other surveyed cities.[2]:54–55

Diseases

About 30 percent of the women and 18 percent of the men in Kolkata are obese.[2]:105 Kolkata has the highest percentage (55 percent) of woman who are having anaemia among the surveyed cities, while 20 percent of the men in Kolkata are anaemic.[2]:56–57 Large number of people suffers from diseases like diabetes, asthma, goitre and other thyroid disorders.:57–59 Tropical diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya are prevalent in Kolkata, though their incidence is decreasing.[3]

Health infrastructure

As of 2010, there are 48 government hospitals, mostly under the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, and 366 private medical establishments during 2010.[1] For every 10,000 people in the city, there are 61 hospital beds,[1] which is higher than the national average of 9 hospital beds per 10,000.[4] Ten medical colleges are located in the Kolkata metropolitan area which act as tertiary referral hospitals in the state.[5][6] Calcutta Medical College, founded in 1835, was the first Asian institution to teach modern medicine.[7] These facilities are inadequate to meet the healthcare needs of the city.[8][9][10] More than 78 percent in Kolkata prefer the private medical sector over public medical sector,[2]:109 due to the poor quality of care, the lack of a nearby facility, and excessive waiting times at government facilities.[2]:61

Medical colleges

Home Health Care and N.R.I. Services

  • CARE CONTINUUM PVT LTD or Care Continuum
  • DEEP PROBEEN PORISHEBA or dppindia.com
  • TRIBECA CARE or tribecacare.com
  • JYOTI SEVA KENDRA or jyotisevakendra.org

Tertiary and specialised hospitals

  • Medica Superspecialty Hospital, Mukundapur
  • Apollo Gleneagles Hospital Ltd.
  • Advanced Medicare & Research Institute Ltd (AMRI), Dhakuria, Salt Lake
  • AMRI Mukundapur
  • Tata Medical Center
  • Westbank Hospital
  • Woodland Hospital
  • Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences
  • Birla Heart Hospital
  • Chittaranjan Cancer Institute
  • Ruby Hospital
  • Charnock HospitaL
  • Bellevue Hospital
  • Peerless Hospital
  • Fortis Hospital
  • Desun Hospital

Super-Specialty Hospitals

  • B.R.Singh Hospital-Sealdah-Eastern Railway
  • Baghajatin State General Hospital
  • Baranagar State General Hospital
  • South Suburban Hospital
  • Bidhannagar Sub Divisional Hospital
  • Bijoygarh State General Hospital
  • Gardenreach State General Hospital
  • Assembly of God Church
  • Anandolok Hospital
  • Apex Hospital
  • Balananda Bramhachari Hospital
  • Belle Vue Hospital
  • Bharat Sevashram Sangha Hospital
  • B.P. Poddar Hospital & Medical Research Ltd.
  • Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI)
  • Columbia Asia Hospital - Salt Lake
  • Desun Hospital & Heart Institute
  • Dishan Hospital
  • Genesis Hospital
  • ILS Super Speciality Clinic
  • Kothari Medical Centre
  • Mayfair Hospital, B.T Road
  • North City Hospital & Neuro Institute [ Ultadanga ]
  • Peerless Hospital
  • Park Clinic
  • Phoenix Hospital & Diagonistic Centre Pvt. Ltd.
  • Priyamvada Birla Aarvind Eye Hospital
  • Renaissance Hospital Private Limited
  • RSV Hospital,Tollygounge
  • Sankara Nethralaya
  • Shahid Khudiram Bose Hospital,Belghoria.
  • Shree Aurobindo Seva Kendra, Jodhpur Park
  • Shree Vishudhanand Sarswati Marwari Hospital
  • Silverline Eye Hospital
  • Sterling Hospital,Shyambazar
  • Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Medical institutions and sanctioned no. of beds in districts of West Bengal as on 31.12.2010" (PDF). Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Gupta, Kamla; Arnold, Fred; Lhungdim, H. (2009). "Health and Living Conditions in Eight Indian Cities." (PDF). National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), India, 2005-06. Mumbai: International Institute for Population Sciences; Calverton, Maryland, USA. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Malaria, dengue down in Kolkata". Money Control. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Hospital beds" (XLS). World Health Organistation. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Shah, Mansi (2007). "Waiting for health care: a survey of a public hospital in Kolkata" (PDF). Center for Civil Society. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  6. ↑ Zakir, Husain; Ghosh, Saswata; Bijoya Roy (July 2008). "Socio economic profile of patients In Kolkata: a case study of RG Kar and AMRI" (PDF). Institute of Developmental Studies, Kolkata. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Mitra, Dola (20 April 2005). "Careergraph / Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2007.
  8. ↑ Mishra, Prithvijit (9 April 2011). "On hospital floor for 12 days". Times of India. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Mamata inducts two new ministers". Sify. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Kolkata woman gives birth on road, dies after no admission by hospitals". Hindustan Times. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
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