I’m wondering if you can help me with some advice.
I have just been offered a job in Dubai and I have multiple sclerosis and currently undergoing treatment Ocrevus through IV every 6 months.
My new employer is saying they won’t cover pre existing medical conditions and I will need to pay 70,000 AED for my treatment.
Have you got any advise as I can’t pay that cost and I’m wondering if you know if I can move to a different treatment or if anyone has experience with this happening to ex pats?
I’m desperate to move and I am so frustrated that this might stop me from moving to Dubai.
I am sorry that you find yourself in a difficult position that is not of your making.
If your new employer wants you enough, they might agree to fund insurance cover for your MS and associated costs if you’re clear to them that you’ll walk away otherwise.
That is the only basis on which I would even consider accepting the offer if I were you.
If you’re in the treatment you need to keep your MS quiet and your health stable, I don’t think any job’s worth risking that. Health’s the only resource that matters long term, and we’re short enough of funds in that department already.
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