**NACO centers providing ART as of September 2006**

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has increased the number
of centres providing free Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) from 54 to 91
centres with another 9 more centres also getting operational soon.  At
these 91 centres medicines for treating 8,5000 patients have been made
available. All the 91 centres have specially appointed and trained
doctors, counsellors and laboratory technicians to help initiate
patients on ART and follow them up regularly.

The ART is a combination of three potent drugs, which is being given to
the persons with advanced stage of AIDS. Although these drugs do not
cure HIV infection, they suppress multiplication of the virus and reduce
the number of opportunistic infections thereby improving the quality of
life and prolonging the life span.

Apart from providing free treatment, all the ART centres are providing
counselling to the infected persons so that they maintain regularity of
their medication. Continuity is the most important factor for the long
term effectiveness of the ART drugs as disruption can lead to drug
resistance. At present 40,000 are on ART, which are expected to go up to
85,000 by March end.

All these centres have a plan to ensure that patients take their
medicines regularly and are followed up, in case of default, while
maintaining their confidentiality.

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              **List of ART Centres**   

  **Sl.No**   **State**                 **Name of centre**

  1           Tamilnadu                 GHTM, Tambram, Chennai

  2           Tamilnadu                 Madras Medical College, Chennai

  3           Tamilnadu                 Government Medical College, Madurai

  4           Tamilnadu                 Government Hospital, Namakkal

  5           Tamilnadu                 Theni medical college,

  6           Tamilnadu                 Coimbatore medical college,

  7           Tamilnadu                 Thanzavur medical college,

  8           Tamilnadu                 Trichy medical college,

  9           Tamilnadu                 Vellore medical college,

  10          Tamilnadu                 Medical College, Kanyakumari

  11          Tamilnadu                 Kilpouk Medical College, Chennai

  12          Tamilnadu                 Medical College, Salem

  13          Tamilnadu                 Medical College, Tirunelveli

  14          Mumbai                    JJ Hospital, Mumbai

  15          Mumbai                    KEM Hospital, Mumbai

  16          Mumbai                    Nair Hospital, Mumbai

  17          Mumbai                    Sion Hospital, Mumbai

  18          Maharashtra               Government Medical College, Sangli

  19          Maharashtra               B.J. Medical College, Pune

  20          Maharashtra               Government Medical College, Nagpur

  21          Maharashtra               NARI, Pune

  22          Maharashtra               Medical college, Dule

  23          Maharashtra               Medical college, Akola

  24          Maharashtra               Medical college, Yawatmal

  25          Maharashtra               Medical college, Aurangabad

  26          Maharashtra               Medical college, Ambejogai

  27          Manipur                   RIMS, Imphal

  28          Manipur                   Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital, Imphal

  29          Manipur                   District Hospital ,Churachandpur

  30          Manipur                   District Hospital , Ukahrul

  31          Andhra Pradesh            Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

  32          Andhra Pradesh            Government Medical College, Guntur

  33          Andhra Pradesh            Government Medical College, Vizag.

  34          Andhra Pradesh            SVRR GGH, Tirupati

  35          Andhra Pradesh            GGH, Ananthapur

  36          Andhra Pradesh            GGH, Vijayawada

  37          Andhra Pradesh            RIMS, Kadapa

  38          Andhra Pradesh            Govt.Dist. Hospital, Prakasam

  39          Andhra Pradesh            GGH, Kakinada

  40          Andhra Pradesh            Gandhi Med College, Secundarabad

  41          Karnataka                 Bowring & Lady Curzon Hosp.,
                                        Bangalore

  42          Karnataka                 Mysore Medical College, Mysore

  43          Karnataka                 K I M S Hubli

  44          Karnataka                 VIMS, Bellary

  45          Karnataka                 District hospital, Davangeri

  46          Karnataka                 District hospital, Mangalore

  47          Karnataka                 District hospital, Gulburga

  48          Karnataka                 District hospital, Belgaon

  49          Karnataka                 District hospital, Bijapur

  50          Karnataka                 District hospital, Kolar

  51          Karnataka                 District hospital, Raichur

  52          Nagaland                  Naga District Hospital, Kohima

  53          Nagaland                  Civil Hospital , Tuensang

  54          Nagaland                  Dist. Hospital, Dimapur

  55          Delhi                     RML Hospital, New Delhi

  56          Delhi                     LNJP Hospital, New Delhi

  57          Delhi                     AIIMS, New Delhi

  58          Delhi                     LRS, Delhi

  59          Delhi                     D.D.U Hospital, West Delhi

  60          Delhi                     G.T.B. Hospital, East Delhi

  **Non GFATM                           
  supported                             
  states**                              

              **State**                 **Name of centre**

  61          Chandigarh                PGIMER, Chandigarh

  62          Rajasthan                 SMS Hospital, Jaipur

  63          Rajasthan                 SN Medical College, Jodhpur

  64          Gujarat                   B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad

  65          Gujarat                   B.J. Medical College Surat

  66          West Bengal               School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkatta

  67          West Bengal               Medical College, Siliguri

  68          Uttar Pradesh             Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

  69          Uttar Pradesh             KGMC, Lucknow

  70          Uttar Pradesh             LLRM, Meerut

  71          Goa                       Government Medical College, Bambolim

  72          Kerala                    MC, Thiruvantharam

  73          Kerala                    MC, Thrissur

  74          Kerala                    Medical college , Calicut

  75          Kerala                    Medical college , Kottayam

  76          Madhya Pradesh            MC, Indore

  77          Himachal Pradesh          IGMC, Shimla

  78          Pondicherry               GGH, Pondicherry

  79          Assam                     MC, Gauhwati

  80          Assam                     Medical College Dibrugrah

  81          Harayana                  Medical College, Rohtak

  82          Bihar                     Medical college, Patna

  83          Bihar                     Medical college, Muzafarpur

  84          J & K                     Govt Medical College ,Jammu

  85          Jharkhand                 Govt Medical College , Ranchi

  86          Mizoram                   Civil Hospital, Aizawal

  87          Arunachal Pradesh         General Hospital Nahar Lagun

  88          Sikkim                    STNM Hospital, Gangtok

  89          Punjab                    MC, Amritsar

  90          Punjab                    Civil Hospital Jallandhar

  91          Uttranchal                Doon Hospital, Dehra dun
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