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Sudheer B

1 reviews | Active since Mar 2009

19 Nov 2015, 16:29

Transfer of Funds to New Medical Aid

In July 2015 I transferred to Fedhealth from Discovery as I moved jobs. I requested through the call centre the process and was told by Mikhail need to provide the new membership certificate and the savings remaining shall be transferred to Fedhealth. I supp**** all relevant documents and received a mail from Nontobeko Gama saying by law they have to transfer to the savings of the new medical aid and will be done so in 5 months. Yesterday however I notice that funds appeared into my personal account which is incorrect and can have tax implications for me. Naniki from the contact centre helped me out and requested I fill in the withdrawal form and send it through, thereafter I need to pay the amount into the claw back account and it will be transferred thereafter to Fedhealth. I did get a call from another agent in Durban who states that the form is incorrect and I have to do the transfer to Fedhealth myself, which is legally incorrect. This is passing the buck for mistakes by Discovery. I request that this be sorted out, a reversal done and the funds transferred to Fedhealth as originally requested. This is what happens when a simple process takes 5 months.

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Discovery Health
Discovery Health's reply26 Nov 2015, 13:37
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Hello sudheerb,

Thank you for your comment.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the service you received regarding the transfer of your Medical Savings. This is not the level of service that we aspire to and have taken every measure to ensure the error does not reoccur.

I have sent you an email with the relevant details to have the error corrected.

Kind regards
Sirgree