H o~pil al Fees (Foreign Patients) (Amendment) Regulalions. I997

L.N. 18 or 1997

FEES ORDlNAL~CE

(CAP. 35)

H o~pil al Fees (Foreign Patients) (Amendment) Regulalions. I997

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Fees

Ordinance. the Ministe r of Health. Care of the Elderly and Family

Affairs, wi th the concurrence of the Ministc r for Economic Affairs and

F in ane". . has made the following regulations:-

These regulations may be citcd as the Hospi tal Fees (Foreign cn.;o",

Patients) (Amendment) Regulations, 1997. an d shall be read and

construed as one with the Hos pital Fees (Foreign Patients) Regulations, LN. In

1989. hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations",

of 191'1

For paragraphs (1) to (4) and subparagrap h (a) of paragrdph

(5)of rcgulation 3 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted

following: -

The fee whic h may be charged for the care and

"'(I)

Ifeatme nt of in- palients or inmates in any hospital or other

institution of the Depanment of Health, shall be Lm85 per day for

the first hundred days of stay and Lm5 per day thereafter.

The fee referred to under paragraph (I )ofthis regulaIion

(2)

is not incl usive of any surgical operation or of any e~traordinary

medical investigation /procedure which may be carried ou t on the

patient or inmate,

The fee which may be charged for a surgical operation

(3)

shall be -

(a) for a minor operation under local

anaesthesia .. ... ..... . ......... ... ......... .............

Lm55

(b) for a min or operation under ge neral

anaesthesia ..........................................•.. Lm l05

(c)

for an intermediate operation ............ Lml40

(d)

fora majoropcralion ..................•.. Lm250

(e) for specialised su rgery, namely major

Ileuro-surgical operations, transplantation of organs

other than skin and cornea. open hean surgery,

major vascular su rgery and major plastic surgery Lm700

Provi ded that the cost of any prosthesis o r im plant

sha ll bc c harged in add it io n to the relative operation

fee.

11le fee forthe following investigations/procedures shall

(4)

(a) forspccialiscd in vcstigation.namelyCf

Scan.Gamma Scan.angiography ,aneriography .. . Lm2 10

for angioplasty ................ .. .. ..... .... . Lm2 ,lOO

(b)

(c)

for normal pacemaker and leads .. ... ... . Lm 1,400

(d) for dual chamber pacemaker (exclusive

of leads) ............ .... . .......... " ... .... " ...... " .. Lm3.000 .

wh i Ie any other extraordinary medical in vcstigation/procedure shall

be charged at COSL

(a) NOTwithstanding the provisions of the preceding

(5)

p:mlgraphs of this regulation. the fees to be charged in

respect of a patie nt to whom this paragraph applies. shall

be as follows -

(il

for the care and trealment of in·patients or

inmate s. Lrol2 per day for the first hundred days and

LIll5 per day thereafte r

(ii) for s urgical ope ration s and medical

investigations/procedures. fifteen per cem of the fees

referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of th is regulation

Provided that the COSI of any prosthesis or implant or for

any extraordinary investigation shall be charged at COSI in

addition to the f~s referred to in items (i) and (ii) above.".

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