Under the 12th Five Year Plan, 67 burn units in the State Government Medical Colleges and 19 burn units in the District Hospitals are to be established.
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare initiated a "Pilot Programme for Prevention of Burn Injuries" (PPPBI) during the year 2010 with a total budget of Rs. 29 crore. The program was initiated in the following three Medical Colleges and six Districts Hospitals of three States:
Haryana:
- Post Graduate Institute of Medicals Sciences Rohtak
- General Hospital, Gurgaon
- Civil Hospital, Panipat
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical College, Tanda at Kangra
- District Hospital, Hamirpur
- Zonal Hospital, Mandi
- Guwahati Medical College
- District Hospital, Nagaon
- District Hospital, Dhubri
During the 12th Five Year Plan, 21 Medical Colleges and 8 District Hospitals have been approved for establishing burn units.
Source-Medindia