The mother of a Type 1 diabetic has written to the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights alleging that her son was being discriminated against in getting health insurance.
In her petition to the commission chairperson, the woman from Murukkumpuzha, near here, said a company did not give them family insurance as her husband was a cancer patient. When they tried to take health insurance for her and her son, the child was denied insurance because he was diabetic. When enquired, the company said insurance coverage was not available for juvenile diabetics. Only after they turn 18, the company will consider bringing them under insurance cover. Even public sector insurance companies gave the same reply.
