Icmeler Online Holiday Forum & Reviews - Turkey

Just going through the motions pre holiday and my wife called the doctor where the receptionist advised that our baby who will be 1 when we travel needs 3 injections which we need to pay them for at a cost of £50 per jab.

My wife's doctors is a joke and I wouldn't trust them to get the colour of grass correct however if this is the case then I will obviously pay for them. It just seems odd that they firstly want money for travel jabs and secondly they want payment for a baby

Has anyone ever come across this before?

Cheer

Depends on your GP, ours is free. If they recommend them get them, our insurance specifically says you must have jabs recommended by your GP or the insurance is void, we are upto date on Polio, Tetanus, Typhoid and Hepatitus

Dave

Never paid for the immunisations always been free and even when the kids were little

I used to get my son immunised for Turkey but I never had to pay for it and tbh £50 per injection does seem very steep.
This is from www.nhs.uk

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Travel-imm ... ction.aspx

But, as has already been mentioned, do check your insurance policy too.

I've never been jabbed for Turkey - may need to read insurance docs to see what it says (I've got holiday insurance through my bank - Santander) but yes, £50 does seem a little steep...

I'm an Insurance Broker, so I know there is no Insurance Implications, only if travelling when Doctor has advised against it, or if the Government decide you MUST be vaccinated, ie. Third world countries etc. Also this was not advice from the Doctor, it was the bloomin know it all receptionist.

I was more astounded at the fact they said it was £50 a shot, when the last time we went out daughter was 18 months old, and my doctor said becuase her UK vaccinations are upto date, there is nothing else required for travel to Turkey, only us adults needed a booster for ones that had run out.

I'm on the verge of putting a serious complaint about the whole bunch of them down there to the local PCT, but that is a whole other story not for this thread

I travelled to Turkey with my 10month old (a few years ago now tho) and also took him to Morocco when he was 10 months old. Didn't get any extra jabs for either trip. If you are planning on staying in the tourist areas then I doubt you would have any problems. If travelling to some of the further afield places where sanitation etc might not be the best then it might be worth considering getting the extra jabs just to be on the safe side.

sirkyboy wrote:I'm an Insurance Broker, so I know there is no Insurance Implications, only if travelling when Doctor has advised against it, or if the Government decide you MUST be vaccinated, ie. Third world countries etc. Also this was not advice from the Doctor, it was the bloomin know it all receptionist)

When I get home from my business trip I will dig out the insurance I purchased for my daughters boyfriend, also when I reported to the TSB who I have my insurance with that I had a hernia op they clearly stated that our jabs must be up todate as recommended by our GP

Dav

I was actually mistaken that it does not specifically mention innoculations, what it does say is below and this where my point of view comes from:-

Reasonable precautions
At all times you must take all reasonable precautions to avoid injury, illness, disease

This is the clause they will use to get out of paying you if you come down with a disease which is known to exist in Turkey, if you do not get the jabs as recommended by your GP, or even failed to ask your GP you have not taken reasonable precautions.

Many people say they have been for years and not caught anything and it is not present in the tourist areas, the issue is a lot of workers come from parts of Turkey where these diseases exist and they could be carriers.

Personally I will keep upto date with my jabs and so will my family if they want to come on a holiday with me that I am paying for.

Dave

Some insurance policies state
General exclusions applying to your policy
Sainsbury’s underwritten by Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK)
2. Your failure to obtain any recommended vaccines,
Inoculations or medications prior to your trip.

self-explanatory

Others for example
General exclusions applying to your policy
Direct travel underwritten by AIG Europe Limited
22. Any claim arising as a result of you failing to get the
Inoculations and vaccinations that you need in relation to your trip.

What is “need” recommended or required?

On a side note SAGA policy now has this for alcohol consumption
SAGA
12. Any claim arising directly or indirectly from you having a blood alcohol content
Level that exceeds 0.19%, this being the equivalent of you having consumed
8 units of alcohol in a single sessions. 1 unit of alcohol equals half a pint of
Normal strength (4%) beer, lager or cider or half a standard 175ml glass of
12% wine or one 25ml measure of spirit.
Very specific there no room for argument!

lostsoul wrote:On a side note SAGA policy now has this for alcohol consumption
SAGA
12. Any claim arising directly or indirectly from you having a blood alcohol content
Level that exceeds 0.19%, this being the equivalent of you having consumed
8 units of alcohol in a single sessions. 1 unit of alcohol equals half a pint of
Normal strength (4%) beer, lager or cider or half a standard 175ml glass of
12% wine or one 25ml measure of spirit.
Very specific there no room for argument!

Jeez, that's my breakfast