Cancer Treatment Reimbursement Cannot Be Denied Merely Because Hospitalisation Was Not Required: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by M/s National Insurance Co. Ltd. against an award of the Permanent Lok Adalat at Mangaluru in favour of Mr Padmanabha Shetty G. The dispute concerned reimbursement of Rs.2,85,470/- spent on Zoladex and Xgeva injections prescribed as part of treatment for Stage IV prostate cancer. The insurer argued that the injections were given without hospitalisation and did not meet the…
