Non-smokers get cancer too, insurer can’t stub claim

A consumer court here has ordered an insurance company to reimburse the expenditure on medical treatment for lung cancer after the company refused mediclaim on the grounds that the patient was a chain smoker and contracted cancer due to his smoking. The consumer court said there was no proof that the cancer had been caused by the patient’s smoking habit.

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