Be insured against Common Critical Illnesses (Sun life Assure)

Death of a portion of the heart muscle arising from inadequate blood supply to the relevant area. The diagnosis must be supported by all three of the following criteria and be diagnostic of a new acute myocardial infarction:

1. Symptoms clinically accepted as consistent with the diagnosis of an acute myocardial infarction; and

2. New characteristic electrocardiographic changes; and

3. The characteristic rise above accepted normal values of biochemical cardiac specific markers.

Heart failure, non-cardiac chest pain, angina, unstable angina, myocarditis, pericarditis and traumatic myocardial injury are not covered. Myocardial infarction that occurs within 30 days of any coronary artery interventional procedure, including but not limited to, angioplasty (PTCA) or stenting, will only be accepted if it has resulted in new Q waves on the ECG or a new regional wall motion abnormality on imaging

Any cerebrovascular incident producing infarction of brain tissue, hemorrhage and embolization from an extra-cranial source resulting in any major, permanent neurological deficit that will require physical rehabilitation. Specifically excluded are transient ischemic attacks and attacks of vertebro-basilar ischemia, brain damage due to an accident or injury, infection, vasculitis, inflammatory disease or migraine.

The presence of one or more malignant tumours characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of malignant cells, and invasion of tissue, including Leukemia (other than chronic lymphocytic Leukemia) and Hodgkin’s disease but excluding all carcinoma in situ, non-i