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FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1988
THE CHARGE OF $26 WILL COVER FOOD, DRUGS, SURGERY AND ALL MEDICAL TREATMENT.
LABORATORY TESTS,
FOR PATIENTS WITH GENUINE HARDSHIPS, HOSPITAL CHARGES CAN BF WAIVED PARTIALLY OR IN FULL.
FOR FIRST AND SECOND CLASS WARD PATIENTS, THE NEW FEES WILL RISE FROM $900 AND $600 TO $1,060 AND $705 RESPECTIVELY.
CHARGES FOR SPECIAL CLASS BEDS IN TSAN YUK HOSPITAL WILL ALSO BE REVISED TO $620 FROM $460.
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PATIENTS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND CLASS WARDS OF THE TWO MENTAL HOSPITALS CASTLE PEAK AND KWAI CHUNG WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ PAY THE EXISTING FEES OF $260 AND $175.
FOR OUT-PATIENT SERVICES, THE ATTENDANCE FEES IN GENERAL CLINICS WILL RISE FROM $12 TO $13 PER VISIT WHILE THAT FOR THE SPECIALIST CLINICS WILL BE REVISED FROM $18 TO $20.
PATIENTS ATTENDING THE GERIATRIC AND PSYCHIATRIC DAY CENTRES WILL HAVE TO PAY $21 INSTEAD OF $18. THE SAME FEE WILL BE APPLIED TO THE COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICES.
IDENTITY
OF
NON-ENTITLED PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT HOLDING A HONG KONG CARD OR A BRITISH PASSPORT WILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE FULL COST THE MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.
THE CHARGE FOR NON-ENTITLED PATIENTS STAYING IN HOSPITALS RISE TO $1,065 PER DAY COMPARED TO THE EXISTING $950.
WILL
THOSE ATTENDING THE GENERAL CLINICS AND SPECIALIST CLINICS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY $65 AND $190 PER VISIT RESPECTIVELY AND THE FEES ARE EXCLUSIVE OF DRUGS, X-RAY AND LABORATORY TESTS.
FOR COMMUNITY NURSING VISITS, THE CHARGES FOR NON-ENTITLED PATIENTS WILL RISE TO $210 AND $660 FOR GENERAL NURSING AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSING RESPECTIVELY.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT WITH EFFECT FROM CHARGES WILL BE INTRODUCED TO THE EXISTING FREE CLINICS DISTRICTS.
OUT-PATIENTS ATTENDING THE HELICOPTER MEDICAL SERVICE, OTHER CLINICS, INCLUDING THE THREE FLOATING CLINICS, IN TERRITORIES AND OUTLYING ISLANDS WILL BE REQUIRED ΤΟ PAY FEES AS THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE URBAN AREAS.
PATIENTS WITH FINANCIAL
WAIVED PARTIALLY OR IN FULL.
A DEPARTMENT
AUGUST 8 IN RURAL
AND 14 THE NEW THE SAME
HARDSHIPS WILL HAVE THEIR CHARGES
SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED CHARGES AT THE FREE CLINICS IS AIMED AT OF FEES IN PUBLIC CLINICS.
THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF REGULARISING THE COLLECTION
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