ILLNESSES PROTECTION

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITH COMPLICATION

Amount Payable:

30% of Sum Assured (Max. RM20,000)

1. Hands;
2. Wrists;
3. Elbows;
4. Cervical spine;
5. Knees;
6. Ankles; and
7. Metatarsophalangeal joints in the feet.

Only severe cases of Rheumatoid Arthritis are covered. The diagnosis must be confirmed by a Medical Practitioner and supported by physicians appointed by the Company, as well as the presence of all of the following diagnostic criteria:-

1. Morning joint stiffness;
2. Symmetric arthritis of joints;
3. Presence of rheumatoid nodules;
4. Elevated titres of rheumatoid factors;
5. Radiographic evidence of severe involvement of joint destruction.

A waiting period of one hundred and eighty (180) days is applicable to this benefit.