Okaz/Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has set SR100000 most medical insurance protection for overseas vacationers coming to the Kingdom.
Based on the phrases of the insurance coverage coverage, which was authorized by the Saudi Council of Well being Insurance coverage, overseas vacationers can be assured entry to well being providers in emergency circumstances solely, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learnt from knowledgeable sources.
The medical insurance coverage specifies the kind of providers coated underneath the insurance coverage and the reimbursable bills, with a most protection restrict of SR100000. Based on the phrases of the coverage, the reimbursable bills are the precise bills for important medical providers and remedy in addition to for medicines and gear with a situation that these have to be prescribed by a licensed doctor for an sickness suffered by the insured.
The reimbursable bills embrace emergency circumstances similar to bills for hospitalization, medical checkups, prognosis, remedy, and drugs. It can additionally cowl circumstances of untimely infants that will probably be coated as a part of the mom’s protection and are topic to the mom’s most profit.
The insurance coverage additionally contains dental ailments, however is proscribed to emergency circumstances, together with fillings, remedy of nerve injury, abscess remedy, and the required drugs. It additionally contains medical evacuation inside and outdoors the Kingdom, being pregnant and childbirth circumstances, accidents sustained from site visitors accidents, emergency dialysis circumstances, and bills for repatriation of useless physique of the deceased customer to his nation of origin.
Medical health insurance for vacationers might be obtained by visiting the unified Arabic platform for issuing visas, and filling out the vacationer visa software type.
Based on the process, medical insurance will probably be legitimate from the date of issuance of the vacationer visa, and the insurance coverage coverage ensures vacationers entry to well being providers for emergency circumstances from a community of healthcare suppliers authorized by the Council of Well being Insurance coverage in all areas of the Kingdom.
Relating to medical insurance protection entities, they’re restricted to medical insurance firms, firms authorized on the listing of the unified nationwide platform for issuing visas, and the licensed healthcare service suppliers.