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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Logislature or other Authority under which levied.
FEES OF Court or Üffice, &c.,—Continued.
MEDICAL TREATMENT :—
SCALE OF Changes for MAINTENANCE And Medical TREATMENT IN GOVERNMENT
HOSPITALS (ÜTther than the Peak Hospital AND VICTORIA Hospital,
MATERNITY WARDS).
Private patients
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(Asiatic on European diet) (Asiatic not on European diet).....
European lunatics, lauded from ships on consular
or ship's agent's guarantee
Asiatic lunatics, landed from ships on consular or
ship's agent's guarantee : --
(a) On Europeau diet
(b) Not on European diet......
Lunatics sent in by Board of Trade:-
(a) European and American..... (4) Asiatic
Naval small-pox patients-Officers and men
treated in Kennedy Town Hospital
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Daily Rates.
1st Class 2nd Class, 3rd Class,
$8.00
$5.00
$2.00
2.00
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5.00
$2.00 a day.
2.00
.50
2.00
.30
Children under twelve years of age are charged at half the foregoing rates in each class.
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Naval and Military patients will be charged in accordance with the seale 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 $500 (maximum) at the discretion
of the Director of Medical & Sanitary Services.
Minor operations—$25 (minimum) to $100 maximum at the discretion of
the Director of Medical & Sanitary Services.
This charge will be in addition to the above charge for medical atten-
dance.
(3) For maternity onses, charges of $100 and $75 respectively, in lieu of the
above charge for medical attowlance,
Patients requiring a “ Special" nurse, will pay an additional charge of $11. a day. The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services has discretionary power to waive the additional charges.
Private patients in Government Hospitals (other than the Peak Hospital and Maternity Wards at the Victoria Hospital) will be attended by Government Medical Officers.
If in the case of a private patient charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates the Consult- ing Physician, Surgeon or Obstetrician is called in, either at the request of the patient or by arrangement between the patient and the Malical Officer, the amount of the consultant's fee shall be a matter for arrangement between the patient and the consultant.
Where at operation is performed by the Consulting Surgeon or Obstetrician no charge will be made by the Government in respect of the operation.
Certificates. A charge of $5 is made for all certificates in connection with the fitness or unfitness of patients or others to perform their duty and for invaliding certificates, and $10 for certificates required by insurance companies, etc,
Government Notification No. 106 of 2nd February, 1929.
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