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4.90 Out of the total 1281 health care institutions, 681 are Primary Health Centres (PHCs), 230
are Community Health Centres (CHCs), 79 are Taluk Head Quarter Hospitals, 16 are District
hospitals,18 are General hospitals,20 are specialty hospitals,17 are TB clinics and 49 are other
hospitals. Category wise major medical institutions and beds in Kerala, details of IP, OP cases, major
& minor operations conducted and Medical & Para medical personnel under DHS during 2014 are
given in Appendix 4.55, 4.56 & 4.57.

Health Care Institutions under DHS

4.91 At present there are 1281 health institutions with 38241 beds and 5061 doctors under Health
Services Department consisting of Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres, Taluk Head
Quarters hospitals, District hospitals, General hospitals and specialty hospitals for mental illness,
Leprosy and Tuberculosis. Primary health centres are institutions providing comprehensive primary
care services including preventive cure and curative care. CHCs and Taluk level institutions form
the basic secondary care institutions. District hospitals, General Hospitals and Maternity Hospitals
provide specialty services and some super specialty services. In 12th Five Year Plan focus will be for
the implementation of the specialty cadre in all health care institutions up to the community health
centre level and modernisation of the functioning of the institution. The bed population ratio in Kerala
is 873. The average Doctor bed ratio in the state is 7.56. The district wise breakup of the Doctor bed
ratio is given in the Fig 4.4

Fig 4.4
Doctor Bed Ratio 2013-14

Source : DHS

Para Medical Services

4.92 Medical and paramedical professionals are essential for better diagnostic facilities. Different
types of laboratories functioning for the paramedical services in the state are Public Health Laboratory,
Government Analyst Laboratory, Chemical examiners Laboratory, Food Safety Commissionerate
and Drugs Control Department.

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