Lok Sabha Question No. 1343 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1343 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 2 ND DECEMBER, 2017

## HEALTH MINISTER'S CA NCER PATIENT FUND

## 1343. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs) set up as on date, State - wise;
- (b)  whether  financial  assistance  is given  to  poor  and  needy  cancer  patients from  Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund through RCCs;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the amount given to cancer patients during the last three years, RCC - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) : Regional  Cancer  Centres  (RCCs)  were  recognized  and  supported  under  the  erstwhil National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP). The scheme is not operational now. The list RCCs recognized and supported under NCCP is at Annexure - I.
- (b)to( d): Health  Minister's  Cancer  Patient  Fund  (HMCPF)  has  been  set  up  to  provide financial assistance to the poor patients suffering from cancer. A Corpus Fund of Rs. 10 has been set up, which has been placed in fixed deposit. Interest accrued thereon is ut ilized to provide the financial assistance.

Financial  assistance  towards  treatment  for  cancer  is  provided  to  the  patients treatment in 27 Regional Cancer Centres (RCC), as per guidelines. Revolving Funds have b set up in 27 RCCs and funds upto 50 lakhs are placed at their disposal for providing treatme upto Rs. 2 lakh in each case. Cases involving treatment beyond 2 lakh are referred to Min Health  &  Family  Welfare,  Government  of  India.  The  amount  given  to  cancer  patients  und HMCPF d uring the last three years, RCC - wise is at Annexure - II .

## LIST OF REGIONAL CANCER CENTRES

|   Sl. No. | Name of State / Union Territory   | Name of the Institution                                                         |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                    | M.N.J. Institute of Oncology& Regional Cancer Centre, Hyderabad.                |
|         2 | Assam                             | Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati.                                      |
|         3 | Bihar                             | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna.                             |
|         4 | Chandigarh                        | Post Graduate Institute Medical Education &Research, Chandigarh                 |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh                      | Pt. J.L.N Medical College &Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, Raipur         |
|         6 | Delhi                             | Dr.B.R.Ambedkar. Institute - Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS,New Delhi            |
|         7 | Gujarat                           | The Gujarat Cancer &Research Institute, Ahmedabad.                              |
|         8 | Haryana                           | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak.                            |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh                  | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla.                                          |
|        10 | Jammu &Kashmir                    | Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences., Srinagar.                        |
|        11 | Jammu &Kashmir                    | Government Medical College, Jammu.                                              |
|        12 | Karnataka                         | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore.                               |
|        13 | Kerala                            | Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram.                                     |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh                    | Cancer Hospital& Research Institute, Gwalior.                                   |
|        15 | Maharashtra                       | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital& Research Centre, Nagpur.          |
|        16 | Maharashtra                       | Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.                                                 |
|        17 | Manipur                           | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal.                                 |
|        18 | Mizoram                           | Civil Hospital, Aizawl.                                                         |
|        19 | Orissa                            | Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack.                                |
|        20 | Puducherry                        | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate medical Education & Research               |
|        21 | Rajasthan                         | Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Treatment &Research Institute, Bikaner.           |
|        22 | Tamil Nadu                        | Govt. Arignar Anna Memorial Cancer Research Institute & Hospital, Kancheepuram. |
|        23 | Tamil Nadu                        | Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai.                                         |
|        24 | Tripura                           | Civil Hospital, Agratala.                                                       |
|        25 | Uttar Pradesh                     | Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.             |
|        26 | Uttar Pradesh                     | Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital, Allahabad.                                       |
|        27 | West Bengal                       | Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Calcutta.                               |

## Funds  released  to  Regional  Cancer  Centres  (RCCs)  under  Health  Minister's  Cancer  Patient  Fund (HMCPF)

(Rs. in Lakh)

| S. No.   | Name of Regional Cancer Centre                                                      | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Cancer Hospital.Tripura, Agartala                                                   | 80        | -         | 40        |
| 2        | Cancer Hospital& Research centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.                          | 110       | 375       | 240       |
| 3        | Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata,                                    | 50        | 20        | 45        |
| 4        | Civil Hospital, Aizawl, Mizoram                                                     | 20        | -         | -         |
| 5        | Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam.                                   | 90        | 30        | 80        |
| 6        | Indian Rotary Cancer Institute, (AIIMS), New Delhi.                                 | 20        | -         | 20        |
| 7        | Kamla Nehru Memorial Hospital, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.                            | 40        | 160       | 80        |
| 8        | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka                         | -         | 40        | 20        |
| 9        | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh                 | 20        | 40        | -         |
| 10       | Pt. B. D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana.      | -         | 10        | -         |
| 11       | Pt. J N MMedical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh                                      | 20        | 20        | -         |
| 12       | Puducherry Regional Cancer Society, JIPMER, Puducherry                              | 10        | 10        | 10        |
| 13       | Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala                                  | 50        | 20        | -         |
| 14       | Regional Cancer Control Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh                           | 50        | 25        | 45        |
| 15       | Regional Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu                         | 140       | 179       | 70        |
| 16       | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital& Research Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra. | 20        | -         | -         |
| 17       | Sher-I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar.                      | 20        | 30        | -         |
| 18       | Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra                                          | 20        | 20        | -         |
| Total    | Total                                                                               | 760       | 979       | 650       |