Panaji, October 15, 2026
The Government has constituted the Chief Minister’s Medical Assistance Cell under the Chief Ministers Relief Fund which will function and operate in the CM War Room. The Cell is setup to support patients who are unable to bear the cost of treatment, thereby ensuring access to necessary healthcare services for severe disease and reducing the financial burden on each and every Goan family.
The assistance provided will be 30% of the cost of the procedure with a maximum limit of Rs. 2,00,000/- per patient under the scheme based on the recommendations of the Chief Minister’s Medical Committee.
In case of diseases covered under DDSSY/ Mediclaim/ PMJAY, the coverage will be over and above the prescribed limit if the expenditure exceeds for a particular disease.
The eligibility criteria is the the applicant must be a resident of Goa for at least 15 years and have availed benefits under the scheme will not be eligible to apply again for a period of three years from the date of sanction. They can reapply only after completion of the three year period. The above restriction will apply only to the individual applicant and will not extend to other family members.
All non life threatening diseases will not be entitled for medical assistance under the scheme. Further, the threatening diseases for which medical treatment is available free of cost at Government hospitals in Goa will also not be eligible for medical assistance under the scheme.
The application is available on State’s Web Portal Goa-Online at https://goaonline.gov.in/. the applicant should submit their application form along with the necessary documents such as residence proof, estimate cost of procedure from the hospital, Aadhar Card number, email-ID, mobile no. etc via online mode. Detailed procedure along with the list of documents will be made available on the Goa-Online portal.
Applications will also be accepted in offline mode at Chief Minister’s Medical Assistance Cell with its Office situated at CM War Room, Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation, Porvorim.
The CM Medical Committee will consist of the Nodal Officer of CM Medical Assistance Cell Shri Somnath Jadhav, a doctor nominated by Directorate of Health Service and Assistant Accounts Officer, DPSE.
The amount of Assistance recommended by the CM Medical Committee will be released directly to the Hospital from the CM Relief Fund. For any further assistance, applicants can contact helpline no. 14524 or visit CM Medical Assistance Cell at CM War Room, Directorate of Planning, Statistics and Evaluation, Porvorim.
Initially this facility will only be available at hospitals which are empanelled under DDSSY/ Mediclaim/ PMJAY. The Chief Minister can relax any of the above provisions on a case to case basis for reasons to be recorded in writing.
