Archive · 16 Sep 2025
Maharashtra Announces Medical Fund for Transplants and Cancer Care
Maharashtra's leader, Devendra Fadnavis, is creating a new fund to help people pay for expensive medical treatments like organ transplants.
The government also wants to make sure everyone in the state can get good cancer care.
They are adding more types of treatments to the health plans and are planning to restart the building of one cancer hospital and create another new one.
They want to make sure people can find cancer early and get the help they need quickly.
Maharashtra to establish fund for treatments over ₹5 lakh, including transplants.
2,399 procedures added to health insurance schemes.
New fund to cover procedures like heart, lung, and kidney transplants.
Construction of Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Cancer Hospital to restart.
A new cancer hospital to be established in Shirdi.
- Who
- Devendra Fadnavis, Maharashtra's Chief Minister
- What
- Announced a medical fund for organ transplants and other treatments, and directed expansion of cancer care.
- When
- Announced Monday
- Where
- Maharashtra
- Why
- To broaden health coverage and ensure access to crucial medical treatments.
- Chief Minister
- Devendra Fadnavis
- Fund Purpose
- Finance organ transplants and treatments exceeding ₹5 lakh
- Health Scheme Expansion
- Includes 2,399 more procedures
- Cancer Hospital 1
- Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Cancer Hospital (resumption)
- Cancer Hospital 2
- Cancer Hospital in Sainagar, Shirdi (establishment)
- Focus
- Early diagnosis and accessible treatment
