You’re lying in an Emergency Ward in a Croatian hospital, with a high fever and rasping cough. It’s been like this for three days and you’re too weak to move. People are rushing around you but you can’t understand anything that’s being said – they don’t speak English and you can only say a few words of Croatian. Ordering a beer or asking for directions is not what’s needed right now. You know your condition is serious by your partner’s worried expression and silence.
Over 1200 Australians are hospitalised while travelling overseas each year (source: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/travel_insurance.html)
Your son is headed to Mumbai in India on the trip of a lifetime. He’s been saving for two years and nothing is going to stop him. You’re trying not to think about the recent terrorist warnings for the region when the unthinkable happens – the phone rings and you’re told he’s been seriously injured in an attack on his hotel. You don’t know where he is and DFAT doesn’t either.
There are 900 Australian deaths overseas each year (source: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/travel_insurance.html)
Your parents are travelling overseas for a long-awaited island holiday to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. You have just received confirmation that your mother is suffering from Alzheimer’s – and then your father becomes seriously ill on tour.
What would you do?
Situations like these happen to real people overseas, and though we’d all prefer not to think about it when planning a holiday, serious accidents or illness could happen to you.
Every year, over 25,000 Australians need help from DFAT while travelling overseas. (source: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/travel_insurance.html)
Mondial Assistance provides the expert medical assistance for people in similar situations. Some real life examples like the above situations include:
A seriously ill customer who did not speak or understand the language while being cared for in a European hospital.
A customer wounded in a recent gun battle in a hotel in Mumbai
An elderly couple needing medical care while on holiday in Hawaii
Mondial Assistance provides the expert medical assistance for Worldcare Travel Insurance customers.
Worldcare Travel Insurance has assisted thousands of Australians in trouble overseas by providing medical teams, flying you home or even just translating what the hospital doctors are saying to you and reassuring your family. Through Mondial Assistance, we’ve assisted our travel insurance customers with many medical emergencies ranging from serious illnesses such as stroke to life-threatening injuries requiring surgery
The Cannex Award-winning Worldcare is one of Australia’s premier Travel Insurance companies, and one of its most awarded. We’re owned and managed by Mondial Assistance, Worldcare Travel Insurance is underwritten by Allianz Australia Insurance Limited, and we’ve been assisting Australians overseas who are ill or injured for more than 10 years.
If you’re planning an overseas holiday, don’t forget your travel insurance. Our assistance services include 33 round-the-clock operations centres in 25 countries, spanning all continents. Its staff of nearly 8000 people speaks 40 languages, and is supported by a worldwide network of 400,000 service providers, including medical professionals and institutions, building specialists and home repair experts, auto mechanics, dealers and leasing agents, and airline and rail companies. It’s no wonder that, Worldcare Travel Insurance through Mondial Assistance has the reach and resources to look after you almost anywhere in the world. Plus our local knowledge and care means we can sort things out quickly and efficiently – and that’s reassuring.
Useful Links:
World Health Organisation International Travel and Health
SmartTraveller Travel Advisories
Worldcare Travel Insurance
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