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18A
Advantages of the integrated hospital
6.9
With the introduction of the regional approach
progress can be made
structure
(a)
(b)
The level
of the
uniform charges
(c)
6.10
to ensure that patients are treated with
facilities appropriate to their ailments;
to ensure, at a time when there is increasing
pressure on hospital beds, that the maximum
use is made of every available facility; and
to improve the accident service.
In proposing uniform charges for the
hospitals in the scheme the MDAC considered that it
would be appropriate to make some increase in the
charges presently made in Government hospitals. The
present daily maintenance charge which was instituted
in 1961 represents a very substantial subsidy to the
patient; it does not even cover the cost of food. The
Committee recommended there should be a two-stage
increase for third class Government hospital
beds
initially from $2 to $3 a day and then to
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