The “Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) within the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)” has also been set up in 2009.
In order to utilize the Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund, the Revolving Fund as under RAN, has been established in 27 Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs). Such step would ensure and speed up financial assistance to needy patients and help fulfill the objective of HMCPF under RAN. The financial assistance to a Cancer Patient up to Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rs. Two lakh only) [Rs. 5,00,000/- in emergency cases], would be processed by the RCC concerned, on whose disposal the Revolving Fund has been placed. Individual cases, which require assistance of more than Rs. 2.00 lakh is to be sent to the Ministry for processing. Revolving Funds have been created in all the 27 Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs) and funds upto Rs. 50 lakhs will be placed at their disposal. The Revolving Funds will be replenished on fulfillment of conditions regarding submission of utilization certificate and list of beneficiaries
Eligibility for Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) within RAN :
1. The fund will provide financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line who is suffering from Cancer.
2. Assistance is admissible for treatment in 27 Regional Cancer Centre(s) (RCC) only.
3. Central Govt./State Govt. /PSU employees are not eligible for financial assistance from HMCPF. 4. Grant from HMCPF would not be used where treatment /facilities for cancer treatment are available free of cost.
How to avail benefits
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To avail financial assistance under HMCPF, the patient is required to submit :
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1. Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.
2. Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal
3. Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, Karnataka.
4. Regional Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
5. Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer, Centre for Cancer Research & Treatment, Cuttack, Orissa.
6. Regional Cancer Control Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
7. Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
8. Indian Rotary Cancer Institute, (AIIMS), New Delhi.
9. R.S.T. Hospital & Research Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra.
10.Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur, Chhatisgarh.
11.Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.
12.Sher-I- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar.
13.Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Manipur, Imphal.
14.Govt. Medical College & Associated Hospital, Bakshi Nagar, Jammu.
15.Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
16.Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
17.MNJ Institute of Oncology, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
18.Pondicherry Regional Cancer Society, JIPMER, Pondicherry.
19.Dr. B.B. Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
20.Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
21.Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar.
22.Acharya Tulsi Regional Cancer Trust & Research Institute (RCC), Bikaner, Rajashtan. 23.Regional Cancer Centre, Pt. B.D.Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana.
24.Civil Hospital, Aizawl, Mizoram.
25.Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.
26.Government Arignar Anna Memorial Cancer Hospital, Kancheepuram,Tamil Nadu.
27.Cancer Hospital, Tripura, Agartala.
TO ENROLL for this benefit click the link below:
https://mohfw.gov.in/major-programmes/poor-patients-financial-assistance/ran-health-ministers-cancer-patient-fund
