Health insurance available for journalists association members

TDT | Manama

Bahrain Journalists Association Members Committee head announced yesterday a health insurance scheme for its members. The annual fee will be BD700 and will cover up to BD8,000.

The coverage of chronic diseases that a member of society previously suffers from will be covered by a maximum amount of BD3,000 per year, per person. When visiting a hospital, the insured will pay BD4 per visit to outpatient clinics.

The health insurance includes medical services from the clinical, laboratory, and radiological examinations, physical and specialist treatment, as well as surgeries and childbirth.

Other services include hospital admission, tests, diagnoses, treatments and surgical procedures in hospitals for non-emergency medical conditions. Emergency treatment within Bahrain will be covered by the health insurance 24 hours until the insured member has settled, while a special room will be allocated for the patient.

The insurance will provide other optional benefits, such as dental and optics services coverage. The cost of dental coverage is BD150 annually, while the coverage of optics benefits from eyeglasses and eye examinations reaches BD50 annually