CO129-480 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [4-7] — Page 129

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patients who can

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afford it

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is the disposal

of her fee. In malage I believe

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the practice in

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I have spoken with you. acemo bome that the same

procedres stad be adopted as in to... Of sin Malays that he Soul. In 0. she becelifted to change fees to private patients admitted to hraph

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It is the custom in Malayn for half such pus to be paid into the Boot Tresserry, but I do not know how this is justified in view of the cast pain of the sof so dest. he 168 ap 27 June 112, to Ficarthur Young. (sa C.8.16805/12).

The present situation in Horny Kory is artainly confair to the preste practitione

Art. 7/9/23

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The position is rather

different from that of West and East Africa Medical Officers, as the latter are entitled to private practice subject to the usual conditions),

whereas the Government Medical Officers in Hong Kong are not. It

seems to me quite impossible to defend

a proposal that Medical Officers who would not be entitled to fees outside the hospital anould be entitled to

Am I wrong in thinking

15ungeon

in

fees in it. the

that & Government leuical Officer in Malaya, who keeps half the fee, is

entitled to private practice?

No injustice will be

inflicted on the Government Helical Officers in Hong Kong by charging proper fees in these cases, and paying them into the Treasury; but I have very little doubt that a feeling of injustice would grow up, and these

officers would not care to be treated as a revenue producing

service except on terms of increased

e:noluments.

you can do.

My own doubt is what

A man who is capable of

paying for an operation sho la not

go into hospital to have it done.

If he goes in hospital, I find it rather difficult to justify :-

(a) A proper fee being charged and going bodily into the Government

Treasury, a

(b) A proper fee being divided

between

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