Sikkim State
Illness Assistance Fund was set up in the year 1998 in
line with the National
Illness Assistance Fund under the guidance
of the Central Government. The Sikkim
State Illness Assistance
Fund Association
is a body formed to manage the Fund
and is
registered by the
Land Revenue Department vide
Registration
No.1046 under the Societies
Registration Act.
Member of the Association.
I. Secretary, Health &
Family welfare-Chairman.
2. Principal Director,
Health Services- Vice Chairman.
3. Director, Health
Services -Member.
4. State MCH Officer,
Health & Family Welfare-Member
5. Chief Accounts
Officer, Health- Treasurer.
6. Deputy Drugs
Controller, Health-Member-Secretary.
Who are eligible?
I.
Should be bonafide
resident of the State holding Sikkim Subject
Certificate of Identification.
2 Should be from the BPL category as declared by the Government.
Procedure
for availing
the benefits.
An application in form I-A should be made to the
Chairman
if the person is
referred outside the State by the State Medical Board. If
the person is being treated within
the State, the applications to the
Chairman should be made in
form I-B.
Documents required.
1. Sikkim
Subject/Certificate of Identification.
2. BPL Certificate.
3. Referral
certificate issued by the State Medical Board,
if the case is referred outside State.
Where to apply.
Applications should be made
to the Sanctioning Authority, i.e., Chairman
or Vice
-Chairman of the Association in
the Prescribed forms. The
forms are available
with the Member-Secretary, Department of Health &
Family Welfare.
