Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid Scheme (Revised – 2009)

About Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid Scheme (Revised – 2009)

In 2009 the Directorate of Welfare of Scheduled Caste & Backward Classes, Government of Haryana, revised and put into effect the Dr. Ambedkar Medical Aid Scheme. It gives Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe persons with an annual family income below ₹ 1,00,000/- per annum access to treatment for serious illnesses needing surgery of the Kidney, Heart, Liver, Cancer, and Brain, or any other life-threatening condition including Knee surgery and Spinal surgery. Treatment is delivered through these Hospitals: • All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. • Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. • Patna Medical College Hospital, Patna, Bihar. • Jabalpur Hospital and Research Centre, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. • B. Barua Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam. • Birla Heart Foundation, Kolkata, West Bengal. • Kalinga Hospital Ltd. Chandrashekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. • Tata Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra. • Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. • The Voluntary Health Services, Chennai. • Every CGHS-approved Hospital, as updated periodically by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. • Hospitals attached to all State Government Medical Colleges, whether or not they fall under the CGHS Scheme. • Every State Hospital. • Every Hospital recognised by the State Government. • Every Hospital wholly funded by the Central Government or a State Government. • Every Government Hospital at District Headquarters/ major towns that offers surgery or treatment for Kidney, Heart, Liver Cancer, and Brain or any other life-threatening illness, including knee surgery and spinal surgery. • In exceptional situations, the Chairperson may be approached for eligible treatment at a Hospital outside the approved list, if personally satisfied that the need is genuine and justified.

Disbursement: 1. Up to 75% of the estimated treatment cost, capped at ₹ 1,00,000/- per case, is paid straight to the Hospital concerned by crossed cheque/ DD. 2. Half (50%) of the total admissible aid is paid to the Hospital in advance, before surgery, as the first installment. 3. The other 50% is released to the Hospital after surgery, once final bills certified by its Medical Superintendent are submitted. 4. Aid received from the foundation and any other sources taken together must not go beyond the total estimated treatment cost, and a certificate to this effect must be obtained from the Medical Superintendent of the Hospital concerned. 5. The Estimated Cost certificate enclosed with the application must mention the date set for the surgery.