Mohali, May 17 -- Holding that a precancerous condition could not be excluded from insurance coverage merely because cancer had not fully developed, the district consumer disputes redressal commission, Mohali, has directed New India Assurance Company Limited to reimburse a Mohali woman for expenses incurred on robotic surgery at a private hospital.

The commission, comprising president S.K. Aggarwal and members Paramjeet Kaur and Lt Col Jasbir Singh Bath, ordered the insurer to pay Rs.43 K along with interest and compensation to complainant Seema Goyal, a resident of Sector 68, Mohali.

Goyal had approached the consumer panel after the insurance company partially rejected her medical claim arising from treatment at Fortis Hospital, Mohali...