Is there an insurance plan that covers systemic lupus erythematosus?
Dr MC Gupta (Advocate)
Advocate & Health and Medico-legal Consultant,
New Delhi
Advocate & Health and Medico-legal Consultant,
New Delhi
Q: My 34 years old sister got SLE disease due to improper treatment at a hospital in Delhi. Would any insurance company cover SLE disease?
A:
- SLE is a disease of unknown etiology. It is wrong to say that it has been caused as a result of treatment by doctors.
- Whether the treatment at the hospital was proper or improper is a question of facts. If you really think it was improper and the same can be proved, legal remedy may be available for it.
- Why should any insurance company insure against a pre-existing disease which is known to be incurable?