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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 20, 1934.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
No. 322.-Gazette Notification No. 245 in Gazette No. 14 of the 29th March, is hereby cancelled and the following substituted therefor:
1934
The Scale of charges for medical treatment in Government Hospitals as from 1st April, 1934, inclusive, will be as follows:-
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR MAINTENANCE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS (OTHER THAN THE TSAN YUK HOSPITAL,
WESTERN STREET).
Private patients
"
"
(Asiatic on European diet) (Asiatic not on European diet)
European lunatics, landed from ships on consular
or ship's agent's guarantee...
Asiatic lunatics, landed from ships on consular or
ship's agents guarantee :--
(a) On European diet...
(6) Not on European diet
Lunatics sent in by Board of Trade
(a) European and American
(b) Asiatic
Naval small-pox patients-Officers and men treated
class.
in Kennedy Town Hospital
DAILY RATES.
1st Class. 2nd Class., 3rd Class,
$
9.00
6.00
3.00
3.00
0.50
6.00
3.00
0.50
3.00
0.50
$2.00 a day.
Children under twelve years of age are charged at half the foregoing rates in each
Naval and Military patients will be charged in accordance with the scale for "private patients".
Proprietary medicines or drugs not contained in the British Pharmacopoeia will be charged for if supplied by the Government. Private patients, other than Government or Naval or Military patients, charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates for maintenance, will be subject to the following additional charges:
(1) For medical attendance, a charge at the rate of one third of the rate for
maintenance.
(2) For surgical operations: --Major operations--$50 (minimum) to $600 (maximum) at the discretion of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.
Minor operations--$25 (minimum) to $100 (maximum) at the dis- cretion of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.
This charge will be in addition to the above charge for medical attendance.
(3) For normal maternity cases, charges of $200 and $100 respectively, in lieu
of the above charge for medical attendance.
Patients requiring a 'Special' nurse will pay an additional charge of $14 a day.
The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has discretionary power to waive the additional charges.