Rastriya Arogya Nidhi - Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund
Category: Health & Wellness, Social welfare & Empowerment
Level: Central | State: All
Ministry: Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare

Details:
Started in 2009, the scheme-component “Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) under the "Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)” implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, aims to provide financial assistance to Below Poverty Line cancer patients through support up to ₹2,00,000/- (₹5,00,000/- in emergencies) at Regional Cancer Centres.

Benefits:
Financial Assistance: Up to ₹2,00,000 per patient; up to ₹5,00,000 in emergency cases.
Note: 
Individual cases, which require assistance of more than  
₹5,00,000/-
 will be sent to the Ministry for processing.
 The maximum financial assistance admissible under the Scheme will be ₹15,00,000/-
List of the treatments under this scheme -
Radiation treatment of all kinds, including Radio Therapy and Gama Knife Surgery/GRT/MRT/Brachytherapy.
Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy with supportive medication, including hormonal therapy.
Bone Marrow Transplantation- Allogenic& Autologous
Diagnostic Procedures- including PET scan.
Surgery for operable malignant tumours. 


Eligibility Criteria:
- The applicant must be living Below Poverty Line.
- The applicant must be suffering from cancer.

> **List of  27 Regional Cancer Centre(s):**


   1. Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
   1. Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal.
   1. Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka.
   1. Regional Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
   1. Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre for Cancer Research &amp; Treatment, Cuttack, Orissa.
   1. Regional Cancer Control Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
   1. Cancer Hospital &amp; Research Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
   1. Indian Rotary Cancer Institute (AIIMS), New Delhi.
   1. R.S.T. Hospital &amp; Research Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
   1. Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
   1. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education &amp; Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
   1. Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar.
   1. Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur.
   1. Government Medical College &amp; Associated Hospital, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu.
   1. Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
   1. Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
   1. MNJ Institute of Oncology, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
   1. Pondicherry Regional Cancer Society, JIPMER, Puducherry.
   1. Dr. B.B. Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
   1. Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
   1. Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar.
   1. Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Trust &amp; Research Institute (RCC), Bikaner, Rajasthan.
   1. Regional Cancer Centre, Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana.
   1. Civil Hospital, Aizawl, Mizoram.
   1. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
   1. Government Arignar Anna Memorial Cancer Hospital, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu.
   1. Cancer Hospital, Agartala, Tripura.