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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 or Naval or Military patients, charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates for mainten- ance, 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 operatious-$50 (minimum) to $600 (maximum) at the discretion

of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.

Minor operations—$25 (minimum) to $100 (maximum) at the discretion

of the Director of Medical aud Sanitary Services.

This charge will be în 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,

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Patients requiring a Special nurse will pay an additional charge of $14 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 Maternity Wards at the Victoria 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 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 sum not exceeding $50.

Certificates.—A charge of $10 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.

TSAN YUK HOSPITAL(贊育醫院 )

The scale of charges for maintenance and medical treatment in the Government Hospital known as the TSAN YUK HOSPITAL 118K will be as follows:-

First Class Second Class

Third Class

$ 4.50 per diem.

3.00

.50

+

"

Children under twelve years of age are charged at half the foregoing rates in each class.

Proprietary medicines or druga not contained in the British Pharmacopoeia will be charged for if supplied by the Government. Private patients, other than Govern- ment patients, charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates for maintenance, will be subject to the following additional charges :—

For surgical operations :--

Major operations—$50 (minimum) to $1500 (maximum) at the discretion

of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services. Minor operations—$25 (minimum) to $100 (maximum) at the discretion

of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services.

The Director of Medical and Sanitary Services bas discretionary power to waive the additional charges.

If in the case of a private patient charged 1st or 2nd class daily rates the Consul- ting Physiciun, 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 sum not exceeding $50,

Government Notification No. 322 of 18th April, 1934.