Healthcare in Tripura

As of 2010–11, there are 17 hospitals, 11 rural hospitals and community health centres, 79 primary health centres, 635 sub-centres/dispensaries, 7 blood banks and 7 blood storage centres in the state.^[2] Homeopathic and Ayurvedic styles of medicine are also popular in the state.^[2] The number of beds in the four district of the state available for patients are as follows:^[2]

Although the state government is trying to promote family welfare and birth control, the target achievement in birth control measures has remained limited; none of the birth control methods achieved 50% of the target in 2010–11.^[3] Immunisation programs have been more successful, most immunisation programs achieved nearly 70% of the target.^[3]

National Family Health Survey-3 revealed that 20% of the residents of Tripura do not generally use government health facilities, and prefers private medical sector.^[4] This is overwhelmingly less compare VERY VERY poor quality of care as the most frequent reason for non-reliance over public health sector. Other reasons include distance of the public sector facility, long waiting time, and inconvenient hours of operation.^[4]