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Chief Minister’s Free Diagnostic Services
AssamIndividualStateOpen since 2017-05-11
myScheme’s own wording, reproduced in full. Where it is thin, that is the finding, and the completeness checks are below.

What this is

The Chief Minister’s free diagnostic services is envisaged to ensure the availability of a minimum set of diagnostic services at government-run health institutions. Under the program, CT scan, X-Ray, and laboratory services are provided free of cost to all irrespective of APL and BPL citizens.

In detail

Quality diagnosis is vital for medical practitioners to make effective decisions about treatment. Access and availability of quality Radiology and Laboratory Services have been key challenges for the health system. The out-of-pocket expenditure of patients on diagnostic tests is increasing and forms the second major segment of such expenditure after medicine. Hence, the provisioning of quality diagnostic services (laboratory and radiological services) in public health facilities is critical for ensuring evidence-based care and reducing expenditure.

To address the above issues, Chief Minister's Free Diagnostics Services Programme is envisaged to ensure the availability of a minimum set of diagnostic services at government health institutions. Under Chief Minister's Free Diagnostic Services Programme CT Scan, X-Ray and Laboratory services are provided in the State of Assam free of cost to all patients in Govt. Health Institutions are irrespective of APL/BPL status.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant must be a resident of Assam.
  • The scheme is applicable to individuals of all age groups.
  • There is no specific income criteria, and the scheme is open to all socio-economic backgrounds.

What you get

  • To provide essential diagnostic services free of cost to all patients visiting government hospitals. No user charges will be levied on the patient.
  • Ensure the availability of a minimum set of diagnostics appropriate to the level of care.
  • Reduce high out-of-pocket expenditure incurred by patients for diagnostics.
  • Use of appropriate diagnostics to screen patients for a set of chronic conditions so as to enable secondary prevention measures.
  • Improve overall quality of healthcare and patient experience as a result of the availability of comprehensive healthcare in public health facilities.
  • Free CT scan services, X-Ray services, and Laboratory services are being implemented in District Hospital, PHCs, CHCs, etc in PPP mode
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Eligibility published here219 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name294 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published hereoffline mode declared, no URL needed
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Start date published here2017-05-11
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Stored links well-formedall parse
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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schemeNameChief Minister’s Free Diagnostic ServicesmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate2017-05-11myScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtScheme...myScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme