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(A 72 ).
SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, &c.,-Continued.
MEDICAL TREATMENT :-
Proprietary medicines or drugs not contained in the British Pharmacopoeia will be charged for if supplied by the Government. Private patients, other than Govern- ment, Naval, Military, or Air Force 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:-
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Major operations—$50 (minimum) to $600 (maximum) at the discretion
of the Director of Medical Services.
Minor operations—$25 (minimum) to $100 (maximum) at the discretion
of the Director of Medical Services,
This charge will be in addition to the above charge for medical atten-
dance.
(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 Services has discretionary power to waive the additional charges.
Private patients in Government Hospitals (other than in the Maternity Wards at the Queen Mary and Kowloon Hospitals) 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 Obstetricium is called in, either at the request of the patient or by arrangement between the patient and the Medical Officer, the amount of the consultant's fee shall be a sua not exceeding $50.
Certificates:--(a) A charge of $10 is made for all certificates in connexion with the fitness or mufitness of patients or others to perform their duty and for invaliding certificates, and $10 for certificates required by insurance companies.
(6) Except where certificates are issued free under the provisions of the Vaccination Ordinance and except in the case of Go- vernment servants, a charge of $2, is made for a certificate of vaccination.
(c). A churge of $2 is made for a certificate of inoculation, except
in the case of Government servants and emigrants,
A charge of $5.00 per drum is made for sterilization of sheets, gowns, etc., for emergency operations for ships,
TSAN YUX HOSPITAL (B)
The scale of charges for maintenance and medical treatment in the Government Hospital known as the TSAN YUK HOSPITAL ER will be as follows:-
First Class Second Class
Third Class
$ 4.50 per diem.
3.00
.50
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Children under twelve years of age are charged at half the foregoing rates in each class.
Proprietary medicines or drugs not contained in the British Pharmacopoein will be charged for if supplied by the Government, Private patients, other than Govern- ment patients, charged 1st or 2nd cluss daily rates for maintenance, will be subject to the following additional charges :—
For surgical operations
Major operations—$50 (minimum) to $600 (maximum) at the discretion of the Director of Medical Services.
Minor operations—$25 (minimum) to $100 (maximum) at the discretion
of the Director of Medical Services.
The Director of Medical Services has discretionary power to waive the additional charges.
If in the case of a private patient charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates the Cousul ting Physician, Surgeon or Obstetrician is called in, either at the request of the patient or by arrangement between the patient and the Medical Officer, the amount of the consultant's fee shall be a sun not exceeding $50.
Government
Notification
No. 322 of 18th April,
1934.
Government
Notification
No. 494 of 22nd JUNE, 1938.
Hou. C. T's. authority in
M. D. 196/36.
Government Notification No. 322 of 18th April, 1934.