Lok Sabha Question No. 4390 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-20
Subject: Financial Assistance for Medical Treatment
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4390 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH MARCH, 2020

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL TREATMEN T

## 4390. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  financial  assistance  provided  to  the  patient  in  case  of  diagno disease under various schemes/programmes of the Government;
- (b) the details of such fina ncial assistance provided during the last three years, State/UT - wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a ) to  (c ): The  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare providesfinancial  assistance for treatment  ofpoor  patients suffering  fromidentified  life  threatening  diseases and  taking treatment in  Government  hospitals , under  the    Umbrella  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Arogya Nidhi ( RAN) and Health Minister's Discretionary Grant .

Under t he Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi, implemented by the Ministry of Health  and  Family  Welfare, financial  assistance is  provided to patients  belonging  to  families living  below  State/UT -wise  threshold  poverty  lines  and  who  are  suffering  from  major  lif threatening  diseases/cancer/rare  diseases, for medical  treatment  at  Government  hospitals. Financial assistance upto Rs.15 lakh is provi ded for eligible patients  in  the  form  of  'one - time grant' to the Medical Superintendent of the Government hospital where the treatment is being received. The scheme has three components, namely (i) Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) -to provide financial assist ance to patients suffering from life threatening diseases other than Ca (ii) Health Minister's Cancer Patients Fund (HMCPF) -to provide financial assistance to patients suffering  from  Cancer;  and  (iii)  Scheme  for  financial  assistance  for  patients  suf fering  from specified rare diseases.

Under  the  Health  Minister's  Discretionary  Grant  (HMDG),  a  maximum  amount  of Rs.1,25,000/ - is  provided to patients whose annual income does not exceed Rs.1,25,000/ - ,  to defray a part of the expenditure on hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospitals .

Financial assistance under the schemes is not released to States/UTs, but to the hospitals where eligible patients receive treatment. Details of funds released under Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi and HMDG during last three years are as under:

| Year     | Scheme   |   Funds released (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|----------|---------------------------------|
| 2016- 17 | HMCPF    |                           20.27 |
| 2016- 17 | RAN      |                           25.57 |
| 2016- 17 | HMDG     |                            2.85 |
| 2017- 18 | HMCPF    |                            8.66 |
| 2017- 18 | RAN      |                           44.27 |
| 2017- 18 | HMDG     |                            2.88 |
| 2018- 19 | HMCPF    |                           10.35 |
| 2018- 19 | RAN      |                           48.57 |
| 2018- 19 | HMDG     |                            5    |

Hospital - wise details of funds released are at Annexures I, II & III .

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## Annexure-I

## Details of funds  released to Hospitals under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)

|   S.No. | Name of Hospital                | 2016-17 Amount        | 2017-18 Amount        | 2018-19 Amount        |
|---------|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|       1 | AIIMS, Delhi                    | (Rs. In Lakh) 1563.00 | (Rs. In Lakh) 3237.41 | (Rs. In Lakh) 3333.53 |
|       2 | AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar             | 1.20                  | 2.50                  | 1.50                  |
|       3 | RMLH Delhi                      | 45.57                 | 55.56                 | 15.85                 |
|       4 | G B Pant Delhi                  | 11.87                 | 11.72                 | 2.26                  |
|       5 | BHU Varanasi                    | --                    | 4.00                  | 6.30                  |
|       6 | GSMHS, Jammu                    | 2.40                  | 3.60                  | --                    |
|       7 | GBPCH Srinagar                  | 2.50                  | --                    | --                    |
|       8 | ILBS, Delhi                     | 214.02                | 153.29                | 140.97                |
|       9 | KGMU, Lucknow                   | 1.40                  | --                    | 1.40                  |
|      10 | LNJP, Delhi                     | 15.90                 | 21.78                 | 19.90                 |
|      11 | NEIGRIHMS, Shillong             | 40.00                 | --                    | 7.46                  |
|      12 | PGIMER, Chandigarh              | 117.55                | 118.32                | 150.96                |
|      13 | RCC, Tvm.                       | --                    | --                    | 18.00                 |
|      14 | GTB, delhi                      | 0.95                  | 4.13                  | --                    |
|      15 | Safdarjang, delhi               | 123.75                | 113.65                | 192.61                |
|      16 | GMCH, Guwahati                  | 15.50                 | 3.00                  | 7.50                  |
|      17 | SGPGIMS,Lucknow                 | 32.35                 | 65.52                 | 140.32                |
|      18 | SKIMS, Srinagar                 | 103.35                | 194.66                | 244.73                |
|      19 | TMC, Mumbai                     | --                    | 34.00                 | 4.44                  |
|      20 | Civil Hospital, Aizawl          | --                    | --                    | 3.25                  |
|      21 | GMC, Jammu                      | --                    | 30.47                 | 3.00                  |
|      22 | Igmc, Shimla                    | --                    | 3.28                  | --                    |
|      23 | IKDRC, Ahmedabad                | 25.59                 | 17.00                 | 12.25                 |
|      24 | KEM Mumbai                      | --                    | 2.60                  | --                    |
|      25 | MMABM,Anantnag                  | 3.20                  | --                    | 0.70                  |
|      26 | NITRD, Delhi                    | 10.05                 | --                    | --                    |
|      27 | SCTIMST, Tvm                    | 147.00                | 82.13                 | 275.20                |
|      28 | Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai | --                    | 46.00                 | 5.55                  |
|      29 | Delhi state Cancer Inst         | --                    | 2.00                  | --                    |
|      30 | DH, Kozhencherry                | --                    | 3.57                  | 1.26                  |
|      31 | BRAM, raipur                    | --                    | 1.49                  | 1.54                  |
|      32 | GH, Ernakulam                   | --                    | 10.50                 | --                    |
|      33 | GMC, Kottayyam                  | --                    | 0.92                  | 3.00                  |
|      34 | GMC, Tvm.                       | --                    | 2.00                  | --                    |

| 35   | HBCH&RC, V.patnam   | --      | 3.45    | 11.48   |
|------|---------------------|---------|---------|---------|
| 36   | KNMH, Allahabad     | --      | 13.90   | 7.70    |
| 37   | LHMC, Delhi         | --      | 6.15    | 1.10    |
| 38   | PCTH&RC, Puducherry | --      | 64.49   | 146.51  |
| 39   | PGIMS, Rohtak       | --      | 7.75    | --      |
| 40   | SAT, Tvm.           | --      | 3.00    | --      |
| 41   | SMS, Jaipur         | --      | 4.00    | --      |
| 42   | SVIMS, Tirupati     | --      | 49.36   | 81.00   |
| 43   | RMLIMS, Lko         | --      | --      | 5.00    |
| 44   | JMMC, Aligarh       | --      | --      | 1.15    |
| 45   | RIMS, Ranchi        | --      | --      | 10.00   |
| 46   | JIPMER Puducherry   | 40.00   | 30.00   | --      |
| 47   | NIMHANS Bengaluru   | 40.00   | 10.00   | --      |
| 48   | AIIMS, Jodhpur      | --      | 10.00   | --      |
|      | Total               | 2557.15 | 4427.20 | 4857.42 |

## Annexure - II

Details of funds released to Hospitals under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)

| S.No.                                                                             | Name of Hospital                                | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 Cancer Hospital,                                                                | Tripura, Agartala 42.50                         | 50.00     | -         |           |
| 2 Cancer Hospital &                                                               | Research centre, 290.00                         |           | 240.00    | 123.67    |
| 3 Institute, Kolkata,                                                             | Gwalior, M.Pradesh. ChittaranjanNational Cancer | 76.00     | 70.00     | 90.00     |
| 4 Civl Hospital, Aizawl,                                                          | Mizoram                                         | 2.00      | -         | -         |
| 5 Dr.B.B.Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam.                                       | 130.00                                          |           | 65.00     | 20.00     |
| 6 AIIMS, New Delhi.                                                               |                                                 | 912.98    | 118.15    | 255.21    |
| 7 Kamala Nehru Memo.Hospital, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.                           | 132.00                                          |           | 25.00     | -         |
| 8 Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,Bangalore, Karnataka                      |                                                 | 20.00     | 40.00     | -         |
| 9 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh             | 19.00                                           |           | -         | 58.50     |
| 10 Puducherry Regional Cancer Society, JIPMER, Puducherry                         | 10.00                                           |           | 20.00     | 87.51     |
| 11 Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala                              | -                                               |           | 20.00     | 81.50     |
| 12 Regional Cancer Control Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh                      | 65.00                                           |           | 50.00     | 50.00     |
| 13 Regional Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu                    | 120.00                                          |           | 95.00     | 90.00     |
| 14 Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences., Lucknow, U.Pradesh | 9.00                                            |           | 7.00      | -         |
| 15 Sher-I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar.                 | 95.96                                           |           | 15.80     | 35.35     |
| 16 Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra                                     | 15.00                                           |           | 50.00     | 35.50     |
| 17 GMC, Jammu                                                                     | 0.40                                            |           | -         | 13.00     |
| 18 GSMHS, srinagar                                                                | 1.00                                            |           | -         | -         |
| 19 NRSMCH, Kolkata                                                                | 20.00                                           |           | -         | -         |
| 20                                                                                | RML Delhi                                       | 1.70      | -         | -         |
| 21 Safdarjang Hospital,                                                           | Delhi                                           | 42.43     | -         | 5.42      |
| 22 GMC,                                                                           | Guwahati                                        | 10.00     | -         | -         |
| 23 NIMS, Hyderabad                                                                |                                                 | 5.20      | -         | -         |

| 24   | 7.50    |        | -    | SCTIMST, Tvm. -               |
|------|---------|--------|------|-------------------------------|
| 25   | -       |        | -    | SVIMS, Tirupati 42.00         |
| 26   | -       | -      |      | HBCH&RC, Vishakhapatnam 32.80 |
| 27   | -       | -      | 1.50 | Cancer Hospital, Aurangabad   |
| 28   | -       | -      | 2.00 | AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar           |
| 29   | -       | -      | 3.00 | SSPH, NOIDA, UP               |
| 30   | -       | -      | 7.20 | NEIGRIHMS, Shillong           |
| 31   | -       | -      | 1.50 | BHU, Varanasi                 |
|      | 2027.67 | 865.95 |      | Total 1035.66                 |

Annexure III Details of Funds released to Hospitals under Health Minister's Discretionary Grant (HMDG)

|   S. No. | Hospital                                       | 2016- 17 Amount (in Rs.)   | 2017- 18 Amount (in Rs.)   | 2018- 19 Amount (in Rs.)   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | AIIMS, New Delhi                               | 1,70,57,577                | 1,35,46,775                | 2,52,81,506                |
|        2 | PGIMER, Chandigarh                             | 9,50,000                   | 7,80,000                   | 7,25,000                   |
|        3 | Safdarjung Hospital                            | 6,48,100                   | 4,26,100                   | 5,85,000                   |
|        4 | G.B. Pant Hosital                              | 19,71,398                  | 10,82,100                  | 7,59,464                   |
|        5 | SCTIMST, Tvm.                                  | 31,25,000                  | 14,10,000                  | 99,50,000                  |
|        6 | CHRI, Gwalior                                  | 12,75,000                  | 48,25,000                  | 25,00,000                  |
|        7 | L.N.J.P. Hospital                              | 4,95,000                   | 4,71,000                   | 5,13,100                   |
|        8 | Dr. R.M.L. Hospital                            | 4,00,000                   | 7,33,625                   | 3,00,000                   |
|        9 | I.L.B.S. New Delhi                             | 2,25,000                   | 75,000                     | 75,000                     |
|       10 | NRSMCH, Kolkata                                | 3,00,000                   | 0                          | 0                          |
|       11 | S.V.B.P. H. Merut                              | 1,00,000                   | 0                          | 0                          |
|       12 | SKIMS, Srinagar                                | 4,50,000                   | 1,25,000                   | 12,50,000                  |
|       13 | I.K.D.R.C. Ahmedabad                           | 4,50,000                   | 2,50,000                   | 6,25,000                   |
|       14 | IPGMER,SSKM, Hospital                          | 1,00,000                   | 0                          | 0                          |
|       15 | Medical College Hospital, Kolkata              | 50,000                     | 0                          | 0                          |
|       16 | GMC, Hospital, NRH A/C                         | 4,25,000                   | 3,75,000                   | 2,50,000                   |
|       17 | Guahati Medical College                        | 75000                      | 0                          | 0                          |
|       18 | SPGIMS, Lucknow                                | 2,25,000                   | 5,00,000                   | 6,50,000                   |
|       19 | NIMS, Hyderabad                                | 1,25,000                   | 0                          | 0                          |
|       20 | Govt. Medical College                          | 1,25,000                   | 0                          | 0                          |
|       21 | NEIGRIMS SHILLONG                              | 0                          | 35,52,000                  | 36,75,930                  |
|       22 | CIVIL HOSPITAL AIZWAL                          | 0                          | 1,86,200                   | 2,50,000                   |
|       23 | HOMI BHABHA, VISHAKHAPATNAM                    | 0                          | 75000                      | 16,35,000                  |
|       24 | GTB HOSPITAL DELHI                             | 0                          | 75,000                     | 0                          |
|       25 | PUDUCHERRY CANCER TRUST, PONDICHERRY (PRIVATE) | 0                          | 1,55,084                   | 2,50,000                   |
|       26 | KNMH,                                          | 0                          | 1,25,000                   | 3,75,000                   |

|    | ALLAHABAD                           |             |             |             |
|----|-------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| 27 | TMC, MUMBAI                         | 0           | 75,000      | 2,00,000    |
| 28 | KALAWATI HOSPITAL                   | 0           | 0           | 1,00,000    |
| 29 | S.G & A HOSPITAL LUCKNOW            | 0           | 0           | 50,000      |
| 30 | Delhi state cancer Institute        | 0           | 0           | 2,50,000    |
| 31 | ATRCIT, Rajasthan                   | 0           | 0           | 4,50,000    |
| 32 | CNCI, Kolkata                       | 0           | 0           | 75,000      |
| 33 | BRAMH, Raipur                       | 0           | 0           | 1,00,000    |
| 34 | Cancer Institute Adyar, Chennai     | 0           | 0           | 1,11,173    |
| 35 | GMC, Jammu                          | 0           | 0           | 1,25,000    |
| 36 | SVIMS, Andhra Pradesh               | 0           | 0           | 2,50,000    |
| 37 | GMC, Tvm                            | 0           | 0           | 50,000      |
| 38 | RML, Lucknow                        | 0           | 0           | 1,75,000    |
| 39 | Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyala, Varanasi | 0           | 0           | 1,00,000    |
| 40 | GMC Aurangabad                      | 0           | 0           | 3,75,000    |
| 41 | RCC, Tvm                            | 0           | 0           | 5,55,000    |
|    | Total                               | 2,85,72,075 | 2,88,42,884 | 5,00,00,000 |