Elective
Medical Travel Insurance for Elective Surgery Abroad
If you have made the decision to travel abroad to undergo elective surgery, Medical Travel Shield is the specialist single trip travel insurance designed for you.
Our travel insurance for elective surgery will provide you with everything that you would expect from standard travel insurance including; lost or stolen items, accidental illness or injury and cancellations or curtailments outside of your control.
What makes Medical Travel Shield elective surgery travel insurance different?
As well as standard cover, we provide additional benefits tailored for you as a patient within the same policy.
Those tailored benefits being:
Costs towards travel, accommodation and daily living expenses if you have to stay at your destination longer than the normal recovery period on medical grounds
We will pay for any medical expenses incurred if you suffer a life threatening complication during or as a result of your procedure/treatment. This is up to €2 million and includes repatriation.
If within 12 months of returning home, you suffer a medical complication relating to the original treatment and a qualified medical practitioner in the Republic of Ireland confirms you should return to your original destination, you can claim costs towards return travel, accommodation and daily living expenses.
Elective procedures can include:
- Bariatric/Gastric procedures
- Facial feminisation
- Orthopaedic procedures
- Total joint replacements
- Cataract procedures
- Bladder fulguration
Elective procedures not covered include:
- Oncology/Cancer treatments
- Cardiac procedures
- Organ transplants/donations
- Stem cell treatments
If there is anything that you do not understand about our travel insurance for elective surgery abroad or if you have any questions about our cover, please contact us:
0203 409 1236
info@medicaltravelshield.ie
For full terms, conditions and exclusions please see the policy wording