Conditions: 

• Anyone under the age of 75 may apply for Membership
• GEOS will make all arrangements for medical evacuation and repatriation.
• Both the originating and receiving hospital must be reasonably accessible by ground ambulance to transport the member to and from an airfield capable of accommodating an authorized aircraft.
• You must be hospitalised as an inpatient and need to be admitted as an inpatient at the hospital to which you are being repatriated.
• If the medical condition allows, you will be transported by scheduled airline while in the care of the GEOS medical team.
• Evacuation flights will be performed if you need to be hospitalised as an inpatient and the remaining inpatient stay can be completed at a hospital near your home
• GEOS will cover medical expenses for stabilisation prior to evacuation and repatriation only.  The amount covered is specified in the scale of benefits as detailed in the benefits section of the policy.
• Decisions concerning the urgency, timing and most suitable means of transportation will be made by GEOS after consultation with the local attending physician and the receiving physician. 

Exclusions:

Air medical transport services will not be provided in cases where a member:

• is suffering with mild lesions, simple injuries such as sprains, simple fractures or mild illness which can be treated by local doctors and do not prevent the member from continuing his or her trip or returning home
• Is suffering from tuberculosis or other chronic airborne pathogens;
• has a primary admitting diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder;
• is medically discharged or leaves the hospital against medical advice and is able to travel on their own;
• is travelling outside their country of residence for the sole purpose of seeking medical treatment whether inpatient or outpatient, experimental or otherwise;
• is travelling following a terminal prognosis;

Furthermore, members will not be entitled to air medical transport benefits if their illness or injury is a result of or is contributed to by the following:

• Pre-existing medical condition. The underwriters shall not be liable for any claim directly or indirectly consequent upon or contributed to by any defect, infirmity or medical condition known to a Member at the inception date or renewal date of Membership. This exclusion shall not apply if such condition has been without the necessity of medical consultation or treatment for 24 consecutive months prior to the original inception date or any subsequent membership renewal date.

• War, invasion or civil war;
• Suicide or attempted suicide or intentional self injury;
• Alcohol or Drug abuse;
• A members own criminal or felonious act, or sustained while the member is in a state of insanity;
• A member with an infectious disease under treatment at the time of enrolment will not be transported for any condition related to that infection;
• A member on an organ transplant list prior to enrolment will not be entitled to a transport for that transplant;

General

Family members, business associates, and/or travelling companions may accompany the patient at no additional cost on GEOS authorized aircraft during transport, provided space is available and patient care is not compromised. On scheduled commercial aircraft, companions will be responsible for their own airfare.

While GEOS makes every effort to accommodate its members, the patient and any accompanying passenger(s) are limited to one small carry-on bag each due to limited space available on medical aircraft. GEOS will arrange for additional luggage to be forwarded at the members expense.

Family Membership

A family membership shall include the named primary member, his or her spouse, and up to two of their unmarried dependent children (including step, foster or legally adopted children) under the age of 19 and residing with them, or up to age 23 if a full-time student in actual attendance at an accredited school or college and dependent on the primary member for support and maintenance. If a birth or legal adoption occurs during the year of a family membership, the new dependent is automatically covered upon notification.

This is a prepaid air medical transportation membership program. Please note that this is not an insurance plan, travel insurance policy or a healthcare plan and, therefore, GEOS will not reimburse members for expenses they incur on their own.