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Accordingly, it is proposed to raise the maximum amounts

of compensation for death and for permanent total incapacity from

$242,000 to $299,000; and from $276,000 to $341,000 respectively;

and the minimum amounts from $81,000 to $100,000 and from $92,000

to $114,000 respectively. Compensation for the need for constant

attention will be raised from $111,000 to $137,000.

A similar increase is proposed in the maximum payments

to be made by an employer towards the costs of supplying and fitting a prosthesis ar

a surgical appliance and for its repair or renewal. The present amounts,

$10,000 and $30,000 respectively, will accordingly be raised to $12,000

and $37,000.

The maximum daily rates payable by the employer for,

respectively, hospital stay and out-patient treatment for an employee

receiving medical treatment also require adjustment to take into

account recent increases in the daily charges of government and

subvented hospitals. These rates have not been adjusted since 1977

and accordingly a rather higher level of increase is proposed, from

$20 to $30 for each day of stay in a hospital and from $10 to $15

for each day of outpatient treatment. The revised rates should

enable an employee to recover full medical expenses from his employer

if he receives treatment in a government or subvented hospital or to

receive a reasonable subsidy if he chooses to receive treatment at

private hospitals or from private doctors.