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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              IN exercise of the&nbsp; powers 
                                              conferred on the Minister 
                                              responsible for Health by section 
                                              11 of the Hospital Fees Act, 1971 
                                              (Act 387), and with the approval 
                                              of the Cabinet, these Regulations 
                                              are made this 18th day of October, 
                                              1971.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 1&#8212;Fees Payable.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Subject to the provisions of the 
                                              Act and these Regulations, the 
                                              basic fees specified in the 
                                              Schedules hereto shall be payable 
                                              in respect of services rendered in 
                                              a hospital.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 2&#8212;Exemptions under 
                                              Section 2 (b).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No fees (other than fees for 
                                              special amenities) shall be paid 
                                              in respect of services rendered in 
                                              a hospital to any person suffering 
                                              from&#8212; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) cerebro-spinal meningitis</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) chicken-pox</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) cholera</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) diphtheria</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) kwashiorkor</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) leprosy</span></p>
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                                              (7) malnutrition</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) measles</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (9) onchocerciasis</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (10) poliomyelitis (acute)</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (11) relapsing fever</span></p>
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                                              (12) schistosomiasis</span></p>
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                                              (13) smallpox</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (14) tetanus</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (15) trachoma</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (16) trypanosomiasis</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (17) tuberculosis (all forms)</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (18) typhoid</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (19) typhus</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (20) venereal disease</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (21) whooping-cough</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (22) yaws</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (23) yellow fever.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 3&#8212;Exemptions under 
                                              Section 2 (d).</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No fees (other than fees for 
                                              special amenities) shall be paid 
                                              in respect of services rendered in 
                                              a hospital to any of the following 
                                              classes of persons working or 
                                              studying within the Health 
                                              Service&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Doctors, dentists, nurses, 
                                              midwives, nursing auxiliaries, 
                                              pharmacists, pharmacy assistants, 
                                              laboratory technicians, laboratory 
                                              attendants, X-ray technicians, 
                                              X-ray attendants, labourers, 
                                              mortuary employees and other 
                                              hospital employees (exclusive of 
                                              clerical and administrative 
                                              staff), students and certificated 
                                              blood donors.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Regulation 4&#8212;Exemptions under 
                                              Section 3 (3).</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              No fees shall be paid by any 
                                              person in respect of any of the 
                                              following laboratory examinations 
                                              carried out on him during 
                                              out-patient attendance&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) antibody investigation</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) blood films</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) blood grouping and cross 
                                              matching</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) direct sputum examination</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) direct stool examination</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) direct urine examination</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) genotyping</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) haemoglobin estimation</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (9) sickling tests.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Regulation 5&#8212;Storage of Dead 
                                              Bodies.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The person liable to pay for 
                                              the cold storage of a dead body 
                                              shall be the person requesting the 
                                              service.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) No fees shall be paid for the 
                                              cold storage of a dead body at the 
                                              request of any department of 
                                              state.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The&nbsp; medical officer concerned 
                                              may in his discretion waive the 
                                              fees payable for cold storage of a 
                                              dead body where there is delay in 
                                              releasing the body to relatives 
                                              due to post-mortem examination, 
                                              the coroner&#8217;s report or difficulty 
                                              in tracing the relatives of the 
                                              dead person.</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FIRST SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              HOSPITAL OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCE 
                                              FEES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Institutions and services&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Amount&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Rural Health Centre&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Free&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Rural Health Post&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Free&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. District Hospital/Urban Health 
                                              Centre/Polyclinic..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp; N¢0.20 per 
                                              attendance plus cost of drug 
                                              supplied.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              4. Regional/ Central Hospital:</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Accra</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Out-patient attendance for 
                                              specialist consultation:</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) Patients referred from Urban 
                                              Health Centre, District Hospital 
                                              or General Practitioner.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) Private patients (attending at 
                                              their own&nbsp; insistence).&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>

                                              </p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              N¢1.00 for first attendance, 
                                              N¢0.50 for each subsequent visit.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢10.00 per attendance.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>
                                              </p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              5. Regional/Central Hospital:</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Outside Accra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rates as 
                                              notified by the Director of 
                                              Medical Services by notice 
                                              published in the 
                                              Gazette.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              6. Appointment Service&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              N¢4.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              7. Special Follow-up Clinic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Free&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              8. Electro-convulsive therapy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N¢2.00 per course 
                                              of treatment.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              9. Physiotherapy&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              N¢2.00 per course of 
                                              treatment.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SECOND SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION AND 
                                              MAINTENANCE FEES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Class of Persons&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Amount&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Persons of 18 years and over 
                                              accommodated and maintained in an 
                                              ordinary ward with catering 
                                              facilities&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢1.00 per day*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Persons under 18 years 
                                              accommodated and maintained in an 
                                              ordinary ward with catering 
                                              facilities:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢0.50 per day*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Persons accommodated and 
                                              maintained in an amenity ward&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              N¢5.00 per day plus cost of extra 
                                              services provided at request of 
                                              patient.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">* 
                                              Where food is not provided by the 
                                              hospital (with the approval of the 
                                              medical officer concerned) or 
                                              where the hospital does not have 
                                              catering facilities, the fees for 
                                              accommodation&nbsp; and maintenance in 
                                              any ordinary ward shall be reduced 
                                              by one half.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THIRD SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Service&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Examinations (All 
                                              inclusive)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Medical Board examination&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              N¢12.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Medical examination for 
                                              insurance purposes&nbsp; . ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              N¢10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Medico-legal reports&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              N¢10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4. Other medical 
                                              examinations&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N¢4.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Laboratory and X-ray 
                                              Examinations&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              1. Miniature, chest X-ray&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              Free&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Minor&#8212;involving not more than 
                                              two films ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. 
                                              N¢2.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Major&#8212;involving more than two 
                                              films and the attendance of a 
                                              doctor&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FOUTH SCHEDULE</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              MEDICAL AND SURGICAL IN-PATIENT 
                                              TREATMENT FEES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Service&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. General treatment (excluding 
                                              operation) per stay up to 14 days 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢5.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Theatre charge</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (a) minor (including 
                                              delivery)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) major&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢5.00</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FIFTH SCHEDULE</span></p>
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                                              DENTAL TREATMENT FEES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Service&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              1. Diagnosis</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) Attendance fee&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>
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                                              (b) Radiological examination and 
                                              report .&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢0.20 per visit</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Half of amount in Third 
                                              Schedule.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Conservation</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) Minor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) Medium&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) Major&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Gold fillings&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Inlays and crowns&nbsp;&nbsp; .. 
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; .. 
                                              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢2.00</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢4.00</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              N¢6.00</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Per cost of material</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Per cost of material&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Surgical Treatment</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) Extractions: 1 to 5 
                                              teeth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) Over 5 teeth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (c) Minor surgery&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) Major surgery&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">N 
                                              ¢ 2.00</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">N 
                                              ¢ 4.00</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">N 
                                              ¢ 5.00</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">N 
                                              ¢ 10.00&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4. Dentures</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (a) All types&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (b) Repairs and additionals 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) Orthodontic appliances 
                                              ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ..&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>

                                              </p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Per cost of material</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Per cost of material</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Per cost of material&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SIXTH SCHEDULE</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              MISCELLANEOUS FEES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Service&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Amount&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Cold storage of persons who die 
                                              in hospitals.&nbsp; First two 
                                              days&#8212;Free*</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Third and subsequent days&#8212;N¢10.00 
                                              per day per body.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. Cold storage of persons who die 
                                              out of hospitals.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N¢10.00 
                                              per day per body&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Orthopaedic appliances and 
                                              protheses.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At 
                                              cost.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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                                              *The two free days shall be the 
                                              first two weekdays (exclusive of 
                                              public holidays) upon which the 
                                              body is stored. Where any 
                                              Saturday, Sunday or public holiday 
                                              immediately precedes, falls 
                                              between or immediately follows 
                                              those two weekdays, that Saturday, 
                                              Sunday or public holiday shall 
                                              also be counted as a free day in 
                                              the calculation of fees payable.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              S. D. DOMBO</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Minister Responsible for Health</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 2nd 
                                              November, 1971.</span></p>