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Major risks
For example: 
  • illnesses such as mental illnesses, tuberculosis, cancer, poliomyelitis, hereditary disorders and deformities
  • all treatments received during hospitalisation in a recognised psychiatric hospital or in a recognised neuropsychiatric institute
  • all treatments received during stay in a sanatorium for lung tuberculosis patients
  • all transfusions of blood, plasma or one of their derivatives performed on a claimant suffering from a congenital deficiency of one or more blood coagulation factors, which results in a lifelong hematologic disorder
  • medical and obstetric care provided by a physician and by a midwife during delivery
  • hospitalisation for observation and treatment
  • the medicines supplied during hospitalisation
  • surgical interventions; also the services required for biopsy samples
  • services for anaesthesia in case of surgery
  • supplies for resuscitation
  • supplies for medical imaging; also contrast fluids required for certain radiographic examinations
  • supplies for radiotherapy, radiumtherapy and nuclear medicine (radiation treatment)
  • supplies for internal medicine, for which the competence is required of a doctor-specialist
  • supplies for clinical biology, pathological anatomy and genetics (lab research)
  • supplies for supervision of hospitalised claimants
  • additional fees for urgent technical supplies during the night, weekends or holidays
  • haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis at home, as well as dialysis in collective auto-dialysis centres
  • certain supplies for rehabilitation and extra training
  • travel expenses for patients who are to be admitted into a lung tuberculosis sanatorium or ambulatory patients receiving treatment in an anti-cancer centre or a dialysis centre; also travel expenses for rehabilitation and training programmes
  • certain prostheses and several apparatus such as pacemakers
  • supplies by retirement homes for elderly people and by recognised retirement and nursing homes
  • delivery of organs and tissue of human origin
  • placement in a shelter 
  • drip-feed