Congenital heart defects shouldn't stop people travelling
For those living with pre-existing medical conditions, such as Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), it can be difficult to find affordable travel cover, making holidays abroad more costly. But it doesn’t have to be the case.
Specialist travel insurance provider, goodtogoinsurance.com, offers CHD sufferers competitive travel insurance, providing the right level of cover to help them relax and enjoy their trip.
Congenital Heart Defects are lethal birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants worldwide and claim thousands of lives every year. Eight of every 1,000 children born in the UK will have some form of heart disease and CHD Awareness Week – 7th–14th February 2011 aims to raise awareness of this group of life-threatening diseases.
“Living with a congenital heart defect doesn’t have to mean the end of holidays abroad” explained Sarah Findlay, Marketing Manager for goodtogoinsurance.com. “However, our research has identified that all too often CHD sufferers and their families face very high insurance premiums or can’t find the right level of cover for their specific needs. The result is that some sufferers may choose to travel without declaring their condition, leaving them with no protection if the worst should happen on their trip.”
“To coincide with Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, we want to remind people with CHDs that they can find affordable travel insurance designed with their condition in mind at goodtogoinsurance.com. Everyone likes to relax and unwind with a foreign holiday and this is even more valuable when you are living with a pre-existing medical condition. At goodtogoinsurance.com we can screen anyone and provide travel insurance for most cases, helping more people enjoy foreign travel and benefit from quality medical support worldwide should they need it.”
Goodtogoinsurance.com uses medical screening to help it provide appropriate travel insurance for pre-existing medical conditions, including congenital heart defects. It’s easy and only takes a few minutes. Travellers simply complete a short medical screening questionnaire online or over the telephone and in almost all cases, goodtogoinsurance.com can provide an instant quote. There’s no need to provide medical certificates or for goodtogoinsurance.com to contact any doctors, taking the stress out of getting travel cover.
Goodtogoinsurance.com example rates for two adults and one child travelling to France for two weeks, with a child of three years old having differing severities of Congenital Heart Disorder:
The condition is less severe and the child is not expected to require surgery in future and the condition doesn't affect their skin, lips or fingers. They are growing at the normal rate and experiencing no faints, blackouts or breathlessness: goodtogoinsurance.com family policy - £49.10
The condition is more severe and the child may require surgery in future. The CHD is affecting skin, lips and fingers, which were becoming blue which has been corrected by surgery. The child is not growing at the normal rate, has experienced faints and blackouts but has not had problems with breathlessness: goodtogoinsurance.com family policy - £72.66