Alternative evrencemento
4.
In considering compassionate cases, due regard should be given to the outstanding period of the officer's tour overseas. If this is only, for example, three months, the alternative of curtailing the officer's tour cr, in the cas0 of his wife, allowing an anticipatory single passage back to the country of origir night well be the more appropriate course of action.
Visits by close relatives to a designated officer
who is very seriously ill
5: A. The British Government is prepared to contribute towards the cost of passages granted to permit close relatives to visit a designated officer who is very seriously ill, subject to the following conditions:-
either
or
and
1. the number of close relatives is limited to two. Where
the officer's wife is already at the overseas post, they would be a parent or child with one companion: in other cases they would be the next of kin and one companion.
2.
3.
L
visits would be limited to seven days, but in exceptional caces could be extended to ten days on medical recommendation. If the officer dies before the visitors have left the overseas territory and his funeral is to take place locally, their visit may be extended to allow them to attend the funeral.
visits may be arranged only on the recommendation of the medical officer in charge of the hospital in which the designated officer is a patient. The medical officer, before making recommendation, must be satisfied:-
(1) the patient is unlikely to recover;
(11)
(iii)
end
(iv)
the patient is on the "very seriously ill" or "dangerously ill" list (as opposed to "seriously ill"), and his health is likely to benefit from the visit;
the patient is unlikely to be evacuated before the arrival of the visitors;
the visitors are likely to be able to reach the officer before he dies.
- B. It should be noted that the British Government cannot contribute to the cost of a passego granted to enable close rolativee to vicit the sick dependent of a designated officer.
C. If death takes place during the visit and the close relatives attend the funeral, the British Government would not normally be able to contribute towards the cost of the repatriation of the deceased officer's body
Kecc