TNAG-0507-FCO40-572-Development-of-medical-and-health-services-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 79

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in relation to the Buddhist Hospital and the Caritas Medical

Centre, both of which are presently assisted by way of a

cost-per-bed subvention.

If they agree to participate in

these integrated arrangements it would be necessary to review

the manner in which they are subvented.

The MDAC suggested

that this might be achieved by applying the deficiency grant

system of subvention (now applied to the Tung Wah Group and

the United Christian Hospital).

6.13

The position of the Tung wah Group, with its

fine charitable tradition of charging nothing to third-class

patients, even for subsistence, presents particular diffi-

culties. But the Government believes it should be possible

to work out some mutually acceptable arrangement which might

reconcile the charitable tradition of the Group with the

public interest in an integrated system,

6.14

The MDAC recommended that some increases should

be made in the charges presently made in Government hospitals.

The present daily maintenance charge was instituted in 1961.

The MDAC further recommended that the present charges should

initially be increased from $2 to $3 a day and then to $5

a day at a later stage. The Government has noted these

recommendations and will, with the assistance of the DAC,

give early consideration to them.

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G.F. 323

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