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Cover yourself comprehensively with a dengue policy this monsoon

These low-cost covers can help you meet even OPD expenses, something that your mediclaim policy won't compensate you for

A government health worker collects blood sample from a patient at a dengue detention centre in Kolkata. Photo: Reuters
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A government health worker collects blood sample from a patient at a dengue detention centre in Kolkata. Photo: Reuters

Priyadarshini Maji
Shweta Mehta, 38, a freelancer from Delhi, suffered from dengue last year. She was first treated as an out-patient for a few days and was then hospitalised for three days. She didn't have a health insurance cover of her own and being a freelancer, she was not even covered by an employee health cover. The bill of Rs 55,000 that the hospital presented her with hit her hard as she had to meet the entire expense out of her own pocket.

A report by the Delhi Municipal Corporation says that almost 9,300 people suffered from dengue in Delhi alone in

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