Thari ya Baruti Pukwana ya Kganya Contract
83 DREAD DISEASE CATEGORIES EXCLUSION stable/unstable Angina pectoris); and Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually due to not enough blood flow to the heart muscle. Worsening angina attacks, sudden-onset angina at rest, and angina lasting more than 15 (fifteen) minutes are symptoms of unstable angina (usually grouped with similar conditions as the acute coronary syndrome). As these may precede a heart attack, they require urgent medical attention and are, in general, treated in similar fashion to myocardial infarction. Silent myocardial infarction. "Silent" myocardial infarctions can happen without any symptoms at all. These cases can be discovered later on electrocardiograms, using blood enzyme tests or at autopsy after a person has died. No benefit is payable if a claim for Coronary Artery (bypass) Surgery or a Heart Transplant has been previously admitted in respect of the Policyholder. 2. Stroke Dread Disease description Where a cerebrovascular accident or incident occurs, producing permanent neurological sequelae lasting more than 48 (forty-eight) hours as a result of infarction of brain tissue, haemorrhage and embolisation from an extracranial source, excluding traumatic injury. Evidence of neurological deficit for at least 3 (three) months has to be produced. The following are excluded: Transient ischemic attacks (TIA); A ischemic attack (TIA) is a brief episode of neurological dysfunction caused by loss of blood flow (ischemia) in the brain, spinal cord or retina, without tissue death (infarction). Neurological symptoms due to migraine; and
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