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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
••GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FEES.
1. Patients requiring hospital treatment w h o are, or whose relatives are, in\
a position to pay for it may, with the permission of the Director of Medical Services,
be admitted to the private wards and will pay the following fees :—
per diem.
j Board and lodging
6s.
.. < Hospital attendance (including
( drugs and dressing) ..
6s.
(b) Those given second class -ward, i.e. in ( Board and lodging .. .. Zs.
the side wards
j Hospital attendance (including
( drugs and dressing) ..
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(a) Those givenfirstclass ward
2, Patient3 to w h o m section
additional fees for services :—
3s.
i above relates shall pay respectively the following
1st Class
from£l-£5 .
fxom£l-£2 .
£2
£2
from Is.
4*.
2nd Class
. from £l-£3
. from 10«.-£1
£1
£1
to 30s.
2s.
(a) For the use of the theatre, major operation .
(6) For the use of the theatre, minor operation .
(c) For maternity attendance
(d) For Radium treatment ..
(e) For laboratory services ..
(J) For electro-therapy (for each treatment)
3. Patients of small means w h o are not entitled to a Mukhtar's certificate may,
subject to the approval of the Director of Medical Services, be admitted to the general
wards on payment of a fee of not less than Is. and not more than 2s. per diem as
the Director of Medical Services m a y direct.
4. Government officials are allowedVfree medical attendance and will pay the fees
for board and lodging only in accordance with the class of accommodation given to
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5. Persons attending the Venereal Diseases Clinic w h o are not in possession of a
Mukhtar's certificate, shall, in addition to the cost of drugs issued to them by the
dispensary, pay the following fees :—
(o) For a course of treatment o f : —
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(i) Gonorrhoea .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - 10 0
(ii) Chronic Gonorrhoea .. .. ..
100-
(iii) Syphilis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. - 15 0
(iv) Soft-chancre.. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . - 5 0 "
(6) For Wasermann examination .. .. ..
-50
(c) For dressing .. .. .. ..
-50
(d) For each injection given in connection with any of the courses of
treatment mentioned in paragraph (a) of this section .. . . - 1 4 $
6.—(1) Patients w h o are holders of white certificates shall receive free medical
treatment and hospital accommodation.
(2) A white certificate is granted by a Mukhtar to any person enrolled on the Paupers'
List of his district and indicates that the holder is without resources and is unable
to work.
7. (1) Patients w h o are holders of blue certificates shall pay lp. for each visit
to the out-patient department (to include drugs and dressing) and 2p. for each day
in the hospital.
(2) A blue certificate is granted by a Mukhtar to a person, or to his dependants
if unable to work, w h o earns not more than 15p. per diem and who does not own
property exceeding £20 in value (exclusive of a dwelling-house, if any).
g (ij Patients who are the holders of buff certificates shall pay a fee of not less
than 2p. and not more than 6p. for each visit to the out-patient department as the
Director of 3Iedical Services m a y direct (to include drugs and dressing) and a fee of j
not less than 6p. and not more than 9p. for each day in the hospital.
(2) A buff certificate is granted by a Mukhtar to a person, or to his dependants '
if unable to work, w h o earns not less than 16p. and not more than Zs. per diem and ]
w h o owns property not exceeding £150 in value (exclusive of a dwelling-house, if any).
9. Patients to w h o m section 3, 7, or 3 applies shall, in addition to the fees in such
sections prescribed, respectively pay the following fees for services as hereinafter :
Provided that the fee for maternity attendance shall, in the case of holders of blue
and buff certificates include the fee which such holders are required to pay under
sections 7 and S for each day in the hospital.
Holders of buff certi-
Holdes of blue neates and patients
certificate-, under sec. 3.
(a) For maternity attendance .. .. .. 15*. .. £2
(b) For electro-therapy (for each treatment) .. free .. Is.
(c) For laboratory services
lj. . .. from 2p.-6p.
(cf) Venereal Diseases .. .. .. • • lp. .. from 2p.-6p.
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Notification No. 152
pub. in Gaz. No. 2570
of 26th Feb, 1957.