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accommodation wards are not considered an intensive care unit. |
High dependency unit (HDU) means a unit of a hospital for patients who do not yet require |
admission into an ICU or a step-down unit where the patients have been shifted down from an ICU. It |
is one level of care below that of an ICU. For avoidance of doubt, general ward is not considered as |
HDU. |
Hospital means an institution which: |
(a) is licensed as a medical or surgical hospital in Singapore; |
(b) provides 24-hour nursing services by registered nurses under the permanent supervision of a |
doctor; |
(c) keeps daily medical records for its patients; and |
(d) is not mainly a rest or convalescent facility, a place of custodial care, a facility for the elderly or |
alcoholics or drug addicts or to treat mental disorders, or a nursing home, a spa or a hydroclinic, |
a hospice centre or home. |
Life insured means the person named as the life insured on the schedule page or endorsement. |
This is the person that this policy insures. |
Medical examiner means: |
(a) any medical practitioner or specialist doctor registered with a recognised degree in western |
medicine who is licensed and authorised to practise in his or her country, who has the relevant |
skill to provide medical or surgical services for the illness, disability or disease; or |
(b) any medical practitioner or specialist doctor in Singapore we choose if you or the life insured |
makes a claim for basic benefit or supplementary benefit under this policy. |
This person must not be you or the life insured, or your or the life insured’s husband or wife, relative |
or business partner. |
Medically necessary means such treatment, procedure or other medical services which, in the |
professional opinion of a medical examiner, is appropriate and consistent with the symptoms and |
findings or diagnosis and direct treatment and does not adversely affect the life insured’s medical |
condition. The treatment must: |
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(a) be clinically appropriate, in terms of type, frequency, extent, site and duration, and considered |
effective for the life insured’s medical condition; |
(b) not be for the convenience of the patient or medical examiner (for example, treatment that can |
be provided out of a hospital, but is provided as an inpatient treatment); |
(c) be provided in accordance with generally accepted standard of medical practice and with the |
medical examiner’s specialty society recommendations and established clinical protocols; and |
(d) not be associated with treatment, procedure, supplies or other medical services of an |
experimental or investigative nature. |
For these purposes, generally accepted standard of medical practice means standards that are |
based on credible scientific evidence published in peer-reviewed medical literature generally |
recognized by the relevant medical community. |
Permanent means a condition which is expected to last throughout the lifetime of the life insured |
with no prospect of improvement, irrespective of when the policy ends. |
Permanent neurological deficit means a permanent symptom of dysfunction in the nervous system |
that are present on clinical examination and expected to last throughout the lifetime of the life insured. |
Symptoms that are covered include numbness, paralysis, localised weakness, dysarthria (difficulty |
with speech), aphasia (inability to speak), dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), visual impairment, difficulty |
in walking, lack of coordination, tremor, seizures, dementia, delirium and coma. |
Policy |
(i) This policy is made up of the following: |
a. the application form, any amendments, other forms and documents provided by you and |
the life insured to apply for this policy; |
b. this basic benefit contract; |
c. the supplementary benefit contract (if any); |
d. the schedule page; |
e. the endorsement (if any); |
f. any counter offers we made, and you accepted; and |
g. any information and documents provided by you and the life insured with or after your |
application. |
(ii) We may issue revised schedule pages and/or endorsements to show changes made to this |
policy. Any change to this policy must be in writing and signed by our Chief Executive Officer. |
(iii) We are not bound by any representation made by or to any other person not included in this |
policy. |
Pre-existing condition means (a) the diagnosis of any condition; or (b) the occurrence of any of the |
following events in relation to any condition, before (1) the policy issue date; or (2) the most recent |
reinstatement date of this policy, whichever is the latest, which would have affected our decision to |
accept your application: |
(i) |
such condition has presented sign or symptom which you or life insured was aware of or should |
have been aware of, and should have sought medical advice or treatment; |
(ii) treatment, test or investigation was recommended by or received from a medical examiner for |
such condition; or |
(iii) the life insured or child has arranged or received medical consultation, test or investigation for |
such condition. |
Premium means the amount of money that you pay in accordance with the payment frequency as |
shown on the schedule page or endorsement. It consists of the premiums payable for the basic |
benefit and supplementary benefit (if any) as reflected in our records. |
Schedule page forms part of this policy setting out specific details. |
Special CI conditions benefit means the amount payable as determined in accordance with clause |
23 of this basic benefit contract. |
Special CI condition(s) means any condition or illness defined and described in Appendix B of this |
basic benefit contract. |
Supplementary benefit means an optional insurance coverage attached to this basic benefit |
contract. You can find details of supplementary benefit on schedule page or endorsement, and |
terms in the supplementary benefit contract. |
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Terminal illness or TI means an illness which, in the opinion of a medical examiner and with the |
agreement of our appointed medical examiner, is likely to lead to death within 12 months from the |
date of diagnosis. |
Total premiums paid to date means and is equivalent to total premiums paid to us on the basic |
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