Mortgage Protection booklet - Irish Life

• Hospital laboratory workers
• Hospital laundry workers
• Hospital nurses
• Hospital porters
• Members of the Gardai
• Midwives
• Paramedics
• Prison officers
• Refuse collectors
• Social workers
• Taxi drivers
In simpler terms:
Human immunodeficiency virus is generally recognised as the virus that
causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The virus can
be passed on in several ways including through contaminated blood,
bloodstained bodily fluids and infected needles. This benefit is designed
to cover people who are in special danger of getting HIV or AIDS
through their work or who have become infected as a result of a physical
assault or a blood transfusion in the European Union, North America,
Australia and New Zealand. The infection must happen after the start
date of the plan and must be appropriately reported and investigated in
accordance with established procedures.
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21. Kidney failure – requiring ongoing dialysis
or transplant
Plan definition:
Chronic and end stage failure of both kidneys to function, as a result of
which long term regular dialysis is necessary and ongoing or a kidney
transplant is necessary.
In simpler terms:
The kidneys act as filters which remove waste materials from the blood.
When the kidneys do not work properly, waste materials build up in the
blood. This may lead to life-threatening problems. The body can function
with only one kidney, but if both kidneys fail completely, dialysis (kidney
machine treatment) or a kidney transplant will be necessary. In some
circumstances it is possible for the kidneys to fail temporarily and recover
following a period of dialysis.
You will be able to claim if both your kidneys fail completely and the
condition is chronic and you need regular long-term dialysis or a kidney
transplant.
22. Liver Failure – irreversible and end stage
Plan definition:
A definite diagnosis, by a Consultant Physician, of irreversible end stage
liver failure due to cirrhosis resulting in all of the following: