Global Rescue or ....... ?

[PHOENIX PHIL]

So @AZ KJ and I will be heading to Uganda in October to hunt with Jacques @JKO HUNTING SAFARIS. We won't be that far from Kampala, but we won't be that close either. For those of you who have bought these insurance plans for a medical emergency or anything else that may be covered, do you recommend Global Rescue or some other company?

 

[375er]

Have done Global Rescue with no complaints.

 

[BourbonTrail]

Global rescue worked fine for me.

I think @Scott CWO used RipCord during his harrowing ordeal in CAR.

 

[Scott CWO]

Ripcord did great for me. Former Special Forces guys and medical with John Hopkins.

 

[mdwest]

Hard to go wrong with either Global Rescue or Ripcord.

We have used both in my business (currently use GR)... No complaints on either side..

Ive currently got guys in a handful of central African countries, a couple of east African countries, a couple of central American countries, etc.. wonderful garden spots like Somalia, South Sudan, etc.. and never had so much as even a minor problem.. to include having to do a couple of medical evacuations while South Sudan was in the middle of a civil war (non combat related medevac)..

FWIW, there are a number of decent hospitals/medical facilities in Uganda if you are in need of immediate relief for something.. Nowhere I'd want to go for cancer treatments, etc.. but for a more typical "out in the wild" type injury or malady (laceration, broken bone, etc or picking up a case of food poisoning, malaria, etc..).. Treatment would be absolutely ok..

When I had a team of US and European expats working for us in Uganda, they used the Kampala Independent Hospital and the International Hospital in Kampala.. There was also a clinic in Entebbe that they used a bit I believe, but I cant remember the name..

FWIW I got a BAD case of food poisoning in Juba in 2016 that had me laid up in an international clinic for a couple of days.. my doc was a Ugandan national that had been trained in France.. He actually took very good care of me.. between him and the retired USAF PJ we had assigned as our camp medic, I was back on my feet and feeling ok within a few days, despite painting an entire room with about 15lbs of projectile vomit and poo just 72 hours prior... Its been a few years since I last checked.. but Im pretty sure he is working at KIH now (one of our expats in Uganda had transferred there from Juba and told me that a couple of years back)...

 

[wesheltonj]

You have an Amex Platinum card? Then neither unless you also need non-medical evacuation coverage. They are both about the same. I have purchased GR and never used it. If there’s an election close or to one I would purchase the non-medical evacuation coverage.

 

[flatwater bill]

If you are a pilot, you can look at EA+...................I've used them several times, but, of course, you never know how good your insurance is until you need it. I haven't needed it.....yet...FWB

 

[sierraone]

Used Global Rescue four times. Twice to South Africa and twice when contracting in either Middle East or
Kosovo, can't remember which. Never needed it though. If I go back I will use it again.

 

[Hyde Hunter]

you might want to look at insurance thru your home owners insurance company, my agent saved me a bunch of money on medical and evacuation insurance this year on my trip to SA and will use him again next year