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DRAFT.
HONG KONG.
No
16. 119
You
Sir,
12
April, 1928
I have, etc., to ack. the
receipt of your despatch No. 56 of the
25th of January relating to the grant
of free medical treatment to the
families of Government Medical
Officers.
2.
I am advised that in England
there is no general rule regarding
the grant of free treatment in
hospital in such cases, and The
rule by which doctors themselves are
not charged fees is very generally
adopted, although there are excep-
tions to it, as in the case of
specialists.
3.
Of course, if doctors
choose to waive any fees normally
paid to them in respect of attendance
on the families of doctors, whether