Care Health Insurance again steps up for its employees | Launches multiple initiatives | Provides Covid-19 holding facility with Oxygen Beds

National, 13 May 2021: Amidst the current healthcare crisis faced by the country owing to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Care Health Insurance, one of India’s leading health insurers has setup a COVID Holding Centre at their corporate office in Gurugram for its employees and their families. The COVID centre is designed as a temporary -Isolation center, well equipped with oxygen concentrators, basic medication and guidance of healthcare experts. The objective behind this is to ensure that employees are not inconvenienced due to unavailability of these services while waiting for a hospital bed.

Mr Sanjeev Meghani, Head-HR, Care Health Insurance, said, “At Care Health Insurance, everything we do is through the lens of care and support. With the prevailing concerns around the unavailability of healthcare facilities, we have introduced a series of initiatives for our employees in addition to the COVID Holding Centre. Employee centricity has always been at the core of our organisation and we will do everything possible to support our employees.” 

To further ease the burden on employees, Care Health Insurance is providing financial aid in the form of a two-month advance salary to every employee who themselves or  have a family member who has tested positive for the virus. Further, the employees will get advance leave credit and can avail leaves beyond their eligibility in the event of a medical emergency. Taking cognizance of the recent government directive with regards to vaccination, Care Health Insurance is working closely with hospitals to support employees with slots for vaccination. 

The organization has also tied up with a healthcare platform to support employees with easy access to book RT-PCR or any blood test. Further, the organisation has created a plasma donation pool with details of people willing to donate plasma to help employees in need of the same. 

About Care Health Insurance

Care Health Insurance is a specialized health insurer offering products in the retail segment for Health Insurance, Top-up Coverage, Personal Accident, Maternity, International Travel Insurance and Critical Illness along with Group Health Insurance and Group Personal Accident Insurance for Corporates, Micro Insurance Products for the Rural Market and a Comprehensive Set of Wellness Services. With its operating philosophy being based on the principal tenet of ‘consumer-centricity’, the company has consistently invested in the effective application of technology to deliver excellence in customer servicing, product innovation and value-for-money services. 

Care Health Insurance has been adjudged the ‘Best Health Insurance Company’ once at the ABP News-BFSI Awards 2015 and again at the Emerging Asia Insurance Awards, 2019 & ‘Best Claims Service Provider of the Year’ – Insurance India Summit & Awards 2018. Care Health Insurance has also received the ‘Editor’s Choice Award for Best Product Innovation’ at Finnoviti in 2013 and was conferred the ‘Best Medical/Health Insurance Product Award’ at the FICCI Healthcare Excellence Awards in 2015, 2018 and 2019.