HC Deb 30 July 1957 vol 574 c168W

Four types of hospital accommodation are provided. Assessment of charges is not made on a racial basis. The charges are:

In-patients Out-patients
Grade I—Shs. 20–30 Shs. 10
Grade II—Shs. 7/50 Shs. 5
Grade III—Shs. 2 Shs. 5
Grade IV—nil Shs. 5

Except in workmen's compensation cases. Africans receive free out-patient treatment in Grade III and IV hospitals and dispensaries. Any grade of hospital accommodation is available to any person of whatever race able to afford the charges.

The non-racial nature of medical treatment makes it impossible to extract details of revenue derived from African patients.

For the same reason, no African attendance figures are available. Africans are increasingly electing to pay for their medical treatment.

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