Lok Sabha Question No. 1370 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-06
Subject: Free Treatment to Accident Victims and Cancer Patients
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Lalji Verma

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1370 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 th FEBRUARY, 2026

## FREE TREATMENTTO ACCIDENT VICTIMS AND CANCER PATIENTS

†1370.: SHRI LALJI VERMA

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any plan or scheme to provide free treatment to accident victims and cancer patients across the country and if so, the details thereof, including eligibility criteria and extent of coverage;

(b) whether the Government is considering prioritising the establishment of a Trauma Care Unit and a Day-Care Cancer Facility in the Ambedkar Nagar Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the concrete steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure speedy treatment to poor patients without requiring any advance payment?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (c): Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified Section 162 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, inserted vide Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, mandates the Central Government to formulate a scheme for the cashless treatment of victims of the accident during the golden hour. Under the scheme, treatment cover up to Rs.1.5 lakh per victim is provided, subject to a maximum cap of 7 days from date of accident. The treatment cover is available to those victims who are involved in road accidents caused by use of motor vehicles across any category of road.

Health is a State subject. However, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India provides technical and financial support to States and Union Territories across the country under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of NonCommunicable Diseases (NP-NCD) as part of the National Health Mission (NHM). The Programme focuses on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, screening, early diagnosis, referral, treatment and health promotion for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) including cancer as per need and proposal from the State and Union Territories.

Under the programme, 770 District NCD Clinics, 364 Day Care Cancer Centres and 6410 NCDclinics at Community Health Centres have been set up.

Under the Strengthening of Tertiary Care Cancer Facilities Scheme' 19 State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCC) have been set up across the country. The National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar (Haryana) and the second campus of Chittranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata have been set up to provide advance diagnostic and treatment facilities. Cancer treatment facilities have also been approved in all 22 new All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS). As per the announcement of Union Budget 202526, 297 Day Care Cancer Centres (DCCCs) (including 67 DCCCs in Uttar Pradesh, which contains one at Ambedkar Nagar) have been approved for establishment across the country during the Financial Year 2025-26.

During 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) and 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) under the 'National Programme for Prevention & Management of Trauma and Burn Injuries' (NPPMT&BI), 196 Trauma Care Facilities (TCFs) have been sanctioned in Government Hospitals/ Medical Colleges across the country. Beyond 12 th Five Year Plan, there is no provision for identification of new trauma care facilities and burn units under this scheme. Out of 196 TCFs, 13 are sanctioned in Uttar Pradesh at BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur; District Hospital, Faizabad; KGM College, Lucknow; LLR Hospital & GSVM College, Kanpur; District Hospital, Jaluan, Orai; MLB Medical College, Jhansi; District Hospital, Basti; SN Medical College, Agra; Shri BA District Hospital, Etawah; District Hospital, Fatehpur; MLN Medical College, Allhabad; LLRM Medical College, Meerut; District Hospital, Lalitpur.

Under the Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) component of the Umbrella Scheme of RAN, one-time financial assistance up to Rs. 15 lakh is provided for the treatment of poor patients suffering from cancer at Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs), Tertiary Care Cancer Centres (TCCCs), State Cancer Institutes (SCls), and other Government hospitals/institutes with cancer treatment facilities. Additionally, under the Health Minister's Discretionary Grant (HMDG), financial assistance up to Rs.1.25 lakh is provided to poor patients suffering from life-threatening diseases to cover part of the expenditure on hospitalization/treatment in Government hospitals, in cases where free medical facilities are not available.

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