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AREETHA R

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31 Oct 2017, 13:12

INHUMANE LIFTING OF MEDICALLY BORDING OFF COVER

2 YEARS AGO MY HUSBAND , AJAY WAS MEDICALLY BORDED OFF AS HE HAS A 90 DEGREE ANGLE ARTERY WHICH IS 2MM WIDE, CONSTRICTED, AT THE LEFT BACK SIDE OF HIS HEART. MEDICALLY BORDING OFF WAS SUGGESTED BY HIS TREATING CARDIOLIST WHICH WAS A HASSLE BY MOMENTUM AS WELL AS THEY KEPT SAYING THAT THEY HAD INSUFFICIENT DOCUMENTS FROM A PROFESSIONAL CARDIOLOGIST( IRONIC). AJAY WAS THEN SENT TO AN OCCUPATIONAL THE****** WHO DECLARED AJAY UNFIT TO WORK. AJAY WAS THEN SENT TO A CARDIOLOGIST REFERED BY MOMENTUM WHO IN MY OPINION HAS MOMENTUM’S BEST INTEREST AT HEART AND NOT HIS PATIENT, AS IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE THAT THIS CARDIOLOGIST WOULD REFER AJAY TO A GASTRO-ENTEROLIGIST. WELL AJAY DID GO TO GASTRO-ENETEROLIGIST ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH HIS GASTRIC SYSTEM. THIS CARDIOLOGIST IS TRYING PROVE THAT AJAY’S PAIN IS ASSOSIATED WITH HIS STOMACH AND NOT HIS HEART.

WE TOOK THE MATTER TO THE OMBUDSMAN AND MOMENTUM ASKED US TO GO BACK TO THEIR CARDIOLOGIST, ONLY TO GET THE SAME FEEDBACK FROM HIM.

DISGUSTED IS WHAT I AM WITH THEIR INHUMANE BEHAVIOUR. AT THE AGE OF 43, NO HUMAN BEING WANTS TO BE MEDICALLY BORDING OFF. MY HUSBAND WISHES TO WORK, HE LONGS TO BE THE ACTIVE HUMAN BEING HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN. UNFORTUNATELY HIS CONDITION DOES NOT PERMIT THIS AND ON TOP OF THAT MOMENTUM SAYS THAT THEY ARE DISCONTINUING HIS MEDICALLY BORDING OFF MONTHLY FUND. I ASK, HOW HAS AJAY’S CONDITION CHANGED, FROM THE TIME HE HAS THIS CONDITION THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPROVEMENT SO WHY WAS IT OK TO PAY HIM HIS FUNDS THEN AND NOW DISCONTINUE, BASED ON WHAT?

IT IS DIFFICULT ON MY KIDS, AJAY AND I HAVING HIM BEING ILL, HE GETS TIRED, CANNOT DO NORMAL THINGS A HUSBAND AND FATHER NORMALLY DOES WITH HIS FAMILY, OUR ENTIRE LIVES HAVE BEEN ALTERED. I AM THE SOLE PROVIDER IN MY HOME AT THIS POINT AND MOMENTUM HAS CAUSED US EVEN MORE STRESS. I JUST DON’T UNDESTAND THE SENSE AS AJAY IS VERY ILL, IF HE SEEKS EMPLOYMENT AS THE MEDICALLY BORDING OFF IS DISCONTINUED AND IF HE PASSES ON OR HAS A HEART ATTACK OR ANY PHYSICAL TRAUMA DUE TO HIS CONDITION, I AM HOLDING MOMENTUM RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SUCH EVENT.

MY VOICE IS NOT BEING HEARD, IT IS ALMOST AS IF WE HAVE TO PROVE AJAY’S ILLNESS, MAYBE THIS IS THE MEANS THAT WILL FINALLY HEAR MY VOICE.

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Replies (2)
Momentum (SA)
Momentum (SA)'s reply31 Oct 2017, 13:17
Official

I have referred your posting to our claims portfolio head who will make urgent contact with you.

Kind regards

Michele Coetsee

Momentum (SA)
Momentum (SA)'s reply31 Oct 2017, 14:30
Official

I refer to our telephone conversation. As discussed this matter is a transfer case and our Disabilities Department responded to you on 11 October and confirmed that if you were not satisfied with the response that you revert back to the Ombudsman.

I would suggest that you respond to the mail in order that the Ombudsman may give an independent opinion on this matter,

Kind Regards

Sue