Health Infrastructure

As per the norms of a Health Sub center for every 5000 population, Bihar requires 16576  sub centers. At present it has 8858 of them, implying coverage of 54 percent. The coverage of other types of health facilities viz, PHC 50 percent; Referral Hospitals 11 percent; Sub divisional hospitals 23 percent and district hospitals 67 percent were low.   
With a view to bring about improvement in the existing health facilities by bridging the gaps between the required as per GoI norms and the existing, following steps have been initiated.

i)       Sanctioning of new health facilities:-