A scheme under the National Health Mission, Assam
From the desk of Dr. Manoj Choudhury
Executive Director, National Health Mission
The Assam Arogya Nidhi (AAN) is an initiative that serves the underprivileged sections of society, especially those families with monthly incomes lower than Rs.10, 000 and families who are Below Poverty Line (BPL).
Financial assistance is provided for the general or specialized treatment of the following conditions:
Beneficiaries are selected by a Selection Committee that has been notified by the Government of Assam. Under AAN, the Government of India contributes 50% of the funds sanctioned by the State Government.
This is a list of some of the referral hospitals, both inside and outside the state, that are empanelled under the AAN:
| Empanelled hospitals inside the state | Empanelled hospitals outside the state |
| International Hospital, Guwahati | Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai |
| North East Cancer Hospital and Research Institute | Cancer Institute, Chennai |
| Hayat Hospital | Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata |
| Sankardev Netralaya | Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi |
| Dr. B. Baruah Cancer Institute | Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi |
As on date, 822 patients have availed of the benefits of the Assam Arogya Nidhi.
Thus, this scheme is very beneficial for the treatment of life-threatening diseases like Heart Diseases and Heart Surgery, Cancer, Kidney and Urinary diseases, Orthopedic, Thallassemia, Bone marrow Transplant, AIDS, chronic Mental Illness with Surgical Treatment, etc., and injuries caused by natural and man made disasters, such as industrial/farm/road/rail accidents, bomb blasts, etc.
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