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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Medical Treatment,—Continued.

SCALE OF Charges for MAINTENANCE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT IN GOVERNMENT

HOSPITALS (OTHER THAN THE PEAK HOSPITAL AND VICTOria Hospital, MATERNITY WARDS) AND ASYLUMS,

Daily Rates.

1st Class 2nd Class, | 3rd Class,

Private patients

$8.00

$5,00

$2.00

**

(Asintie on European diet) (Asiatic not on European diet)....

2,00

.50

:.

5.00

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

European Innatics, landed from ships on consular

or ship's agent's guarantee

Asiatic lunatics, lauded from ships on consular or

ship's agent's guarantee :

(2) Ou European diet

(4) Not on European diet........

Luunties sent in by Board of Trude : →

(a) European and Amorican.. (6) Asiatic

Naval small-pox patients-Officers and men

treated in Kennedy Town Hospital

$2,00 a day.

2.00

.50

2.00

.50

Children under twelve years of age are charged at half the foregoing rates in egeli class,

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 Ist 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, such charge uot exceeding $300, as the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services shall think it having regard to the nature of the operation. This charge will be in addition to the above charge, for medical attendance.

(3) For maternity cases, charges of $100 and $75 respectively, in lieu of the

above charge for medical attendance,

Patients requiring a “Special" nurse, will pay un 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 enso 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 Medical Officer, the amount of the consultant's fee shall be a matrer for arrangement between the patient and the consultant.

Where an operation is performel by the Consulting Surgeon or Obstotrician po charge will be made by the Government in respect of the operation.

Certificates. A charge of $5 is made for all cortificates in connection with the fituess or unfitness of patients or others to perform their duty and for invaliding certificates, and $10 for certificates required by insurance companies, etc.

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Government Notification

No. 106 of February, 1929,