Medical Repatriations: What You Should Know

Travelling aboard with a health cover from the native country is a good idea. A cover that can take care of a traumatic situation is best suited for such journeys.

A good emergency transportation company will take care of all Medical Repatriations and ambulance transport needs of a customer. Repatriation in very simple terms implies the process of returning an individual to his native place of origin. Let’s read about it in detail: 

1. Medical Situation

If an individual falls ill while in a foreign country, there is every possibility that his insurance cover will not hold true there. Countries that have universal coverage for heath have particular rules about health covers for travel and accidents. The hospital in the foreign country can react and provide services in the following manner -

•  Only provide emergency care services
•  May offer charity care without charging anything or offer services at reduced rates.
• Suggest Repatriation of the patient to his country of origin.
•  Offer private ambulance services, if the patient can afford them.

2. Patients Immediate Needs

The hospitals face a tough challenge in deciding the limit to which they can offer to a patient who is facing a medical situation away from home. In certain cases, the insurance company of the patient is asked to make ambulance transport arrangements and take the patient home. Transport arrangements can be made by a commercial flight, by land or by an air ambulance.

3. Repatriation Services

Like any other travel services, medical repatriation service companies take care of all emergency situations, documentation and logistics needs. More than monetary assistance, they provide you the necessary support required in a trauma situation.