Public Hospitals and Dispensaries (Amendment) Regulations … Hospitals Dispensaries Regulations...

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FRIDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT2012No. 34

EXTRAORDINARY

[LEGAL NOTICE NO. 64]

PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES ACT (CAP. 110)

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Public Hospitals and Dispensaries (Amendment) Regulations 2012

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 6 of the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Act (Cap. 110), I hereby make these Regulations—

Short title and commencement1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries

(Amendment) Regulations 2012, and shall come into force on a date appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

(2) The Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Regulations shall be referred to as the “Principal Regulations”.

New regulation inserted2. The Principal Regulations is amended by inserting the following new regulation

after regulation 48—“Non-payment of charges

49. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the charges contained in the First Schedule shall not be payable by any person who is a patient, including outpatient, of any public hospital and who is not referred to any public hospital by any private hospital or a private medical or dental practitioner.”

First Schedule amended3. The First Schedule to the Principal Regulations is deleted and substituted with the

following—“FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 20)_____

CHARGESSUBJECT RATE ADULT

(VIP)CHILD (VIP)

1) Inpatient accommodation and maintenance charges

a) Fijian citizen Referral [Private/from private practitioners to SOPD

per consultation $ 11.50 $ -

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Semi Private Room [Lancaster/Maternity]

per day $34.50 $ -

Private Room [Lancaster/Maternity] per day $ 46.00 $ - VIP Room [Paying Ward] per day $115.00 $ - General Paying Ward [Maternity, Paying Ward-Beqa/ANZ]

per day $23.00 $ -

(Exclusive of all other hospital treatment charges)

b) Foreign citizen Referral [Private/CWMH] + Consultation per consultation $ 69.00 $ - Semi Private Room [Lancaster/Maternity]

per day $103.50 $ -

Private Room [Lancaster/Maternity] per day $207.00 $ - VIP Room [Paying Ward] per day $ 345.00 $ - General Paying Ward [Maternity, Paying Ward-Beqa/ANZ]

per day $ 69.00 $ -

(Exclusive of all other hospital treatment charges)

c) Civil Servants General Wards per day $ 5.75 $ -General Paying Ward [Beqa/ANZ] per day $11.50 $ -Private Room per day $ 11.50 $ -VIP Room per day $ 92.00 $ - (Exclusive of all other hospital treatment charges)

2) Outpatient Charges Foreign citizen Divisional Hospitals – Colonial War Memorial (Suva), Lautoka and Labasa

$ 69.00 $ -

Sub-divisional Hospitals, Health Centres and Nursing Stations

$ 69.00 $ -

SOPD and Paying Ward follow up $ 69.00 $ -Consultants clinic at General Hospital $ 69.00 $ -Sub-divisional Hospitals, Health Centres and Nursing Stations

$ 69.00 $ -

3) Operations for Paying Ward and Private Patients

For any minor operation listed by the Permanent Secretary for Health as—

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i) A minor operation - a charge not exceeding

$ 230.00 $ -

ii) An immediate operation - a charge not exceeding

$ 690.00 $ -

iii) A major operation - a charge not exceeding

$ 2,875.00 $ -

iv) For attendance at delivery in normal labour when patient is in hospital

$ 230.00 $ -

v) For use of obstetric delivery room for private patient by a private practitioner

$ 150.00 $ -

vi) Instruments Delivery [Forceps] $ 115.00 $ - 4) Anaesthetics - Caesarian Section

For the administration of any type of anaesthetics - a charge not exceeding

$ 345.00 $ -

Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens5) Embalming of body inclusive of documentation

$ 230.00 $ -

Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

6) Electrocardiograph Examination [ECG]

$ 17.50 $ -


7) Electro-encephalograph examination

$ 115.00 $ -


8) Physiotherapy

Paying Patients First visit $ 11.50 $ -After first visit - $ 5.75 $ -a) Short-wave diathermy per treatment $ 11.50 $ - b) Infra-red radiation per treatment $ 11.50 $ - c) Ultra-sonics per treatment $ 11.50 $ -d) Wax-bath per treatment $ 11.50 $ -e) Lung Function Test per treatment $11.50 $ -f) Hand Grip Test per treatment $ 11.50 $ -

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For the loan or supply of crutches, splints and other appliances-a charge or deposit not exceeding

$ 34.50 $ -


9) Vaccination or Inoculation

Charges not exceeding the following— a) Smallpox vaccination $ 23.00 $ - b) Cholera per injection $23.00 $ -c) Yellow fever injection $23.00 $ -Medications supplied to private patients on discharge

per item $ 5.75 $ -

Medications supplied to foreign citizens on discharge [1 week supply]

per item $ 11.50 $ -


10) Dental Charges

a) Attendances For attendances, examination and consultation only

$ 3.00 $ -

Referral from other government facilities on same day

$ - $ -


b) Oral Surgery Exodontia (under local anaesthesia including Oral Examination)

Extraction (1 tooth) $ 5.00 $ -Each additional tooth $ 2.50 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizensOral Surgery Removal of impacted tooth $ 20.00 $ -Removal of roots and apisectomy $ 10.00 $ -(Cost of X-rays to be in addition to above charges)


Fracture fixation - simple $ 35.00 $ -Fracture fixation – complicated / complex (use of arch bars)

$ 60.00 $ -

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Open reduction (without screws excluding general anaesthetic)

$ 90.00 $ -

Open reduction (with screws at $50.00 per screw excluding anaesthetic)

with screw at $90.00 $ -

Fracture reviews $ 3.00 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

c) Conservative Dentistry Fillings Silver Sedative dressing (temporary filling) and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART)

$ 3.00 $ -

Amalgam 1 surface Class 1(CL1) $ 5.00 $ -Amalgam 2 surface Class II (CLII) $ 8.00 $ -Amalgam 3 surfaces Class III (CLIII) $ 10.00 $ -Amalgam multi-surfaces $ 15.00 $ -Additional charge per pin $ 8.00 $ -Composites resin all types $ 15.00 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

Gold Fillings Gold Inlays Class III (CL III) $ 50.00

Not applicable

Gold Inlays Class IV (CL IV) $ 80.00 Not applicable

Gold Inlays ¾ Crown $ 120.00

Not applicable


Composite Crowns $ 118.00 $ -

Gold Crown $ 50.00 $ -(The above costs are laboratory costs only. Additional charges for postage and the cost of the gold used shall also be charged in addition to gold cost per gram starting at $29.98)

per gram $ 35.00 $ -


d) Endodontics 1 root canal $ 15.00 $ - 2 root canals $ 30.00 $ -3 root canals $ 45.00 $ -

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Pulpotomy $ 10.00 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

e) Prosthodontics Full/full Dentures $ 150.00 $ -(50% of full/full denture charge is applicable for full upper only or full lower only

First three review visits are free and thereafter $5.00 per review

Review of dentures after insert, for adjustments

Not applicable

1 tooth partial denture $30.00 $ -Each additional tooth $ 5.00 $ - Repair partial denture (one set only, either upper or lower) - new charge

$ 10.00 $ -

Repair full dentures (one set only, either upper or lower)

$ 10.00 $ -

Rebase full dentures (one set only, either upper or lower)

$ 15.00 $ -

Reline full dentures (one set only, either upper or lower)

$ 10.00 $ -

Adjustments per visit $ 3.00 $ - Splint $ 20.00 $ - Mouth Guards $ 30.00 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

f) Dental Radiography 1 Periapical film $ 5.00 $ - Each additional film $ 2.00 $ - 1 Occlusal film $ 8.00 $ - 1 Pediatric film $ 5.00 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

g) Periodontics Miscellaneous surgery - gingivectomy, flap surgery or alveolectomy alveoplasty etc.

$ 10.00 $ -

Gingivoplasty $ 3.00 $ -Biopsy incisional $ 10.00 $ -Biopsy excisional (excluding GA - general anaesthesia)

$ 25.00 $ -

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Fine needle aspiration (FNA) $ 10.00 $ - Excision of hypertrophied gums/operlectomy

$ 5.00 $ -

Occlusal equilibrium (including reviews) $ 50.00 $ -Cysts removal under local anaesthetic (LA)

$ 10.00 $ -

Cysts removal under general anaesthesia (GA)

$ 50.00 $ -

Scaling and polishing Complex (gross calculus, bleeding gums etc.)

$ 30.00 $ -

Review of complex scaling $ 2.00 $ -Scaling and polishing simple (partial scaling- quadrant)

$ 5.00 $ -

Review of simple scaling $ 2.00 $ - Pericoronitis $ 3.00 $ - Prescriptions only (antibiotics, injections) $ 3.00 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

h) Orthodontics Multi-band therapy $ 195.00 $ - Removable appliance therapy $ 100.00 $ -(These charges are exclusively for orthodontic treatment and include all reviews. Cost is for the appliance and all reviews)

Fixed appliance therapy (including reviews)

$ 390.00 $ -


i) General Anaesthesia (Charges for dental operation i.e. extraction, periodontal surgery etc. are additional to the above. Anaesthesia costs are under the anaesthesia section)

j) Miscellaneous Treatment Dry sockets $ 3.00 $ -Control of hemorrhage $ 3.00 $ -Polishing of restoration on tooth $ 3.00 $ -Post-operative review $ 3.00 $ -Medical Certificate (only) $ 5.00 $ -

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Topical Fluoride Application Rinse (including reviews)

$ 5.00 $ -

Topical Fluoride Application Tray (including reviews)

$ 30.00 $ -


11) X-ray Examination Lung Fields (I) Immigration, Insurance and Pre-employment (Others/)

$ 23.00 $ 11.50

Abdomen $23.00 $11.50 Oesophagus $ 23.00 $ 11.50 Stomach and Duodenum and follow through of all Bowel Examination

$ 57.50 $ 28.00

Barium Studies (Small bowel series) $ 57.50 $ 28.00 Barium Enema $ 57.50 $ 28.00 Craham’s Test (Cholecystography – Oral) $ 57.50 $ -Plain Gall Bladder Examination $ 23.00 $ 11.50 Cholangiography - Direct Operation or Post-operation

$ 57.50 $ -

Cholangiography - Intravenous $ 69.00 $ -Cholangiography - Percutaneous transhepatic

$ 75.00 $ -

Cholangiography - drip fusion $ 69.00 $ - Foreign Body in the Eye (Special method Sweet’s or other)

$ 34.50 $ 23.00

Foreign Body - localisation $ 23.00 $ 11.50 Pelvimetry $ 34.50 $ -Serial Angiography (Rapid cassette changing) each series require administration of anaesthetic

$ 69.00 $ -

Discography – one side $ 40.00 $ 23.00 Encephalography – one side $ 46.00 $ 34.50 Cerebral Ventriculography (administrations of anaesthetics additional

$ 69.00 $ -

Hyterosalpingography (administration of anaesthetics additional) Cerebral Angiography (rapid cassette changing) both sides

$69.00 $ -

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Lower leg, Upper leg, Knee and Thigh $ 57.50 $ 34.50 Hip Joint $34.50 $ 23.00Pelvic Girdle or Sacroiliac Joints $ 34.50 $ 17.00Open Reductions $ 69.00 $ -Skull $ 46.00 $ 28.00Sinuses $ 46.00 $ 23.00Mastoids $34.50 $23.00Petrous Temporal Bones $ 34.50 $ 23.00Facial Bone – Orbit Maxilla, Malar (any one or of these Bones)

$ 34.50 $ 23.00

Mandible $ 34.50 $ 23.00Salivary Valculus $ 34.50 $ 23.00Nose $ 34.50 $ 17.00 Tempro – Mandular Joints $ 34.50 $ 17.00Larynx $ 40.00 $ 23.00Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

Radiographic Examinations of Spine–Spine Cervical

Spine Thoracic $ 34.50 $ 23.00Lumbo Sacral $ 46.00 $ 28.00Sacro - Coccygeal $ 46.00 $ 28.00Bone Age Study and Skeletal Surveys $ 34.50 $ 23.00 Wrist, Elbow and Shoulder Joints $ 26.00 $ 13.00 Knee Joint $ 46.00 $ 34.50Bronchography $80.00 $ - Arteriography – peripheral (anaesthetics is additional)

$ 80.00 $ -

Phlebography (Venography) $ 80.00 $ -Aortography (anaesthetics is additional) $ 80.00 $ -Splenography $ 80.00 $ -Myelography $ 80.00 $ - Silography $ 52.00 $40.00Sinography $ 52.00 $40.00Larynography $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Arthrography $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Lymphaniography $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Tomography $ 52.00 $40.00

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Flouroscopy examination $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Reteroperitoneal phneumography $ 40.00 $ 26.00 Cystography $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Micturating cystography, Intravenous Pyelography (IVP), Micturating Cysto Urethrogaphy (MCU), RETROGRADES, T. Tube Chlongiogram

$ 66.00 $ 33.00

Drip infusion pyelography $ 80.00 $ - Thoracic inlet or tracheas $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Thorax, ribs, and sternum $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Placentography and amniography $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

Radiographic examination of extremities

Digits of phalanges $ 26.00 $ 13.00 Hand, wrist and lower forearm $ 26.00 $13.00Upper forearm, elbow and arm $ 40.00 $ 26.00 Lower leg, upper leg, knee and thigh $ 40.00 $ 26.00 Pelvic girdle or sacroiliac joints $ 80.00 $ 67.00 Open reductions $ 52.00 $ 40.00 Skull $ 52.00 $ 40.00Wrist, Elbow, Shoulder Joint $ 40.00 $ 20.00 Knee Joint $ 52.00 $40.00 Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

Ultrasound (all ultrasound examination - Adult/Children)

$40.00 $23.00

General $ 69.00 $ 69.00 Computerised Tomography (CT) $ 100.00 $ -

CT Cranium including ear, face, orbits paranasal sinuses -

$ 100.00 $ -

Without contrast $ 175.00 $ - With contrast $ 230.00 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

CT Abdomen, Chest, Spines, Limbs etc.

Without contrast $ 276.00 $ -With contrast $ 287.50 $ -

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Mammography Mammographic Breast Examination $ 69.00 $ -

Biopsy/Drainage $ 92.00 $ -

Ultrasound Guided Procedures $ 92.00 $ -

CT Guided Procedures $ 460.00 $ 345.00

Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizensFluoroscopy Guided Procedure $ 460.00 $345.00(If more than one joint is involved, the charge shall be calculated separately based on the above)


12) Cath Lab Charges – Angiogram

Insured Patients $ 3,450.00 $ -Uninsured patients $ 1,725.00 $ -Patients earning below $15,000 per year or unemployed

$575.00 $ -

Bare Metal Stent $ 3,450.00 $ -Pacemaker insertion $ 1,725.00 $ -Treadmill Test $ 264.50 $ -Echo Cardiogram $ 264.50 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

Endoscopy

Banding $ 138.00 $ -Injection $ 115.00 $ - Clipping $ 115.00 $ - Colonoscopy Polypectomy $ 115.00 $ -Pill Cam $ 402.50 $ - Gastroscopy $ 264.50 $ - Colonoscopy $ 264.50 $ - Bronchoscopy $ 264.50 $ -

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Laboratory Issue x1 Pack Cell (PC) $ 40.00 $ -Issue Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) $ 46.00 $ -Issue of cryoprecipitate $ 46.00 $ -Issue of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) $ 40.00 $ -Incinerator Usage per/kg $ 5.75 $ -Laundry Usage per/kg $ 5.75 $ -Central Sterilising Supply Dept. (CSSD) per packet $ 11.50 $ -Hyperbaric Paying per/hr of

treatment $ 575.00 $ -

Diving/Decompression per/hr of treatment

$ 230.00 $ -

Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizensMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) – before 12

Head $ 920.00 $ -Neck $ 920.00 $ -Limbs $ 920.00 $ -Abdomen $ 1,035.00 $ -Joints $862.50 $ -Brain MRA and MRV $ 1,035.00 $ -Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

13) Laboratory Equipment a) Biochemistry Section Urea $ 8.00 $ -Creatinine $ 8.00 $ -Sodium $ 8.00 $ -Potassium $ 8.00 $ -Chloride $ 8.00 $ -Cholesterol $ 8.00 $ -Triglyceride $ 8.00 $ -Urate $ 8.00 $ -Calcium $ 8.00 $ -Phosphorous $ 8.00 $ -Magnesium $ 8.00 $ - Glucose $ 8.00 $ -Total Bilirubin $ 8.00 $ -

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Direct Bilirubin $ 8.00 $ -ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase) $ 8.00 $ -AST (Aspartate Amino Transferase) $ 8.00 $ -ALT ( Alanine Amino Transferase) $8.00 $ -Total Protein $ 8.00 $ -Albumin $ 8.00 $ -ACP (Acid Phosphotase) $ 8.00 $ -Amylase $ 8.00 $ -CK (Creatinine Kinase) $ 8.00 $ -CKMB (Creatinine Kinase Muscle Bone) $ 8.00 $ -LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) $ 8.00 $ -HDL - Cholesterol $ 8.00 $ -GGT (Gamma Glutyl Transpeptidase) $ 8.00 $ -RF (Rheumatoid Factor) $ 23.00 $ -BJ protein (Bence Jones) $ 8.00 $ -L/S Ratio (Lecithin – Sphyngomyelin) $ 10.00 $ -Shake Test $ 8.00 $ -HbA1c $ 28.00 $ -PHENYTOIN $ 46.00 $ -GENTAMYCIN $ 46.00 $ -THEOPHYLIN $ 46.00 $ -ASLO $ 46.00 $ -CARBAMAZEPINE $ 46.00 $ -NA VALPORATE $ 46.00 $ - TROPONIN T $ 28.00 $ -Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

b) Blood Bank Section Blood Grouping $ 11.50 $ -Direct Antiglobulin Test $ 11.50 $ -Indirect Antiglobulin Test $ 17.00 $ -Crossmatch $ 28.00 $ -Antibody Identification $ 28.00 $ -Antibody Titration $ 28.00 $ -Transfusion reaction $ 28.00 $ -Paternity Test $ 28.00 $ -Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

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c) Serology Section RPR (Rapid Plasma Reagin) $ 11.50 $ -TPPA (Treponen Pallidum Particle Agglutination)

$ 34.50 $ -

WDL (Widal ) $ 17.00 $ -LEPTO ( Leptospirosis Test) $ 57.50 $ -DENG (Dengue Test) $ 172.50 $ -UhCG (Urine humen cortico gondotrophin)

$ 17.25 $ -

ANA (Anti Nucleic Acid) $ 69.00 $ -DsDNA ( Double Stranded DNA) $ 69.00 $ -H.PYLORI $ 46.00 $ -Anti – HBs ( Hepatitis Antibody) $ 46.00 $ -HAV ( Hepatitis A Virus) $ 69.00 $ -HCV ( Hepatitis C Virus) $ 69.00 $ -HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) $ 69.00 $ -HIV ½ (HIV 1& 2) $ 69.00 $ -Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

d) Microbiology Section Urine DIP-STIK/MIC ( Microscopic Test)

$ 5.75 $ -

Urine Culture $ 46.00 $ -Pus and wound $ 46.00 $ -Miscellaneous Samples $ 46.00 $ -Venereal $ 46.00 $ -STI ( Sexually Transmitted Infection) $ 46.00 $ -Body fluids $ 46.00 $ -CSF (Cerebro Spinal Fluid) $ 46.00 $ -Blood Culture $ 69.00 $ -ENT (Ear Nose & Throat) $ 46.00 $ -Sputum Culture and Sensitivity $ 46.00 $ -SPUTUM AFB (Acid Fast Bacilli) $ 23.00 $ -Stool Culture & Sensitivity $ 69.00 $ -Stool Microscopy $ 11.50 $ -Stool Occult Blood $ 11.50 $ -Fungal Microscopic & Culture Test $ 28.75 $ -Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus $ 28.75 $ -Water Analysis $ 28.75 $ - Food Analysis $ 92.00 $ -

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e) Haematology Section FBC (Full Blood Count) $ 11.50 $ - ESR (Erthrocyte Sebimentation Rate) $11.50 $ - PT (Prothrombin Time ) $ 28.75 $ -APTT (Activated Partial Thrombin Time) $ 46.00 $ -FDP (Fibrinogen Degrabation Product) $ 46.00 $ -Retics $ 23.00 $ -Bone Marrow $ 92.00 $ -Malaria $ 28.75 $ -Microfilaria $ 28.75 $ -Semen analysis $ 51.75 $ -Antenatal Clinic – Full Blood Count $ 23.00 $ -Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

f) Cytology Section Gynae-Pap Smear $ 17.00 $ -Non-Gynae $ 17.00 $ -Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

g) Histology Section Tissue Cut Up $ 28.00 $ -Tissue Processing $ 17.00 $ -Tissue Orientation, Sectioning and Staining

$ 46.00 $ -

Gram Stain $ 5.00 $ -ZN Stain $ 17.00 $ -PAS Stain $ 17.00 $ -Reticulin Stain $ 17.00 $ -Fites Stain $ 17.00 $ -Alcian Blue Stain $17.00 $ -Gomoris Trichrome $ 23.00 $ -Gomoris Meth Silver $ 28.00 $ -Pearl’s Prussian B Stain $ 17.00 $ -Van Gieson Stain $ 28.00 $ -Congo Red $ 17.00 $ - Oil Red O $ 17.00 $ -Giemsa Stain $ 17.00 $ -Masson Fontana $ 46.00 $ -

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LCA (Leucocyte Common Antigen) $ 51.75 $ -CD3 $ 51.75 $ -CD20 $ 51.75 $ -S100 $ 51.75 $ -NSE ( Neuron Specific Enolase) $ 51.75 $ -Cytokeratin $ 51.75 $ -Vimentin $ 51.75 $ -Desmin $ 51.75 $ -EMA (Epithelial Membrane Antigen) $ 51.75 $ -Alpha Smooth Actin $ 51.75 $ -Lambda $ 51.75 $ -Kappa $ 51.75 $ -ER ( Eostrogen Receptor) $ 51.75 $ -PR ( Progestorone) $ 51.75 $ -Frozen Section $ 115.00 $ -Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

Prosthetic Items Below Knee Prosthesis $ 97.75 $ 50.00 Above Knee Prosthesis $ 195.50 $ 69.00 Chopart (Forefoot) Prosthesis $ 40.00 $ 20.00 Stump Socks $ 14.00 $ 4.00 Bilateral BKA (Below Knee Amputation) $ 195.50 $ 98.00 BKA and AKA (Below Knee Amputation & Above Knee Amputation)

$ 293.00 $ 146.00

Bilateral AKA $ 390.00 $ 195.50Bilateral Forefoot Amputees $ 80.50 $ 40.00 BKA + Chopart Prosthesis $ 138.00 $ 69.00 AKA + Chopart Prosthesis $ 235.75 $ 89.00 Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only

Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizensOrthotics (Splint Devices) Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO) $ 34.50 $ 17.00 Upper Limb Orthosis $ 11.50 $ 5.75 Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only

Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizens

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Corsets Thoraco-Lumbar $ 28.00 $ 11.50Lumbar $ 28.00 $ 11.50 Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only

Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizensKnee Extension Brace $ 17.00 $ 9.00 Arm Slings $ 11.50 $ 5.75 Ponsetti Boots $ - $ 23.00 Shoes $ 23.00 $ - Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizens

Neck Collar Soft Collar $ 11.50 $ 5.75 Hard Collar $ 23.00 $ 11.50 Build-Up $ 11.50 $ 5.75Middle Arch $ 5.75 $ 3.00 Sole Liners $ 5.75 $ 3.00 Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only

Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizensAmbulatory Aides (Walking Aides) Axillary Crutches $ 40.00 $ 23.00Walking Stick $ 11.50 $ - Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only

Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizensRepairs and Replacements a) Below Knee Prosthesis (BKA) Shank $ 34.50 $ 11.50 Foot $28.00 $ 11.50 Orthoflex Socket Liner $ 11.50 $ 5.75 Pedaline Socket Liner $ 11.50 $ 5.75 Belt $ 11.50 $ 5.75

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Local Foot $ 17.00 $ - AFO Strap (Velcro) $ 1.00 $ 1.00

Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizens

b) Above-Knee Prosthesis (AKA)

Shank $ 11.50 $ 5.75 Knee Joint $ 23.00 $ 5.75 Socket $ 34.50 $ 11.50 Foot $28.75 $ 11.50 Pylon $ 80.50 $ 23.00 Belt $ 17.00 $ 5.75 Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only

Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizens c) Ambulatory Aides Repair Rubber Tips $ 4.60 $ 4.50 Walking Stick Handle $ 2.30 $ - Crutch Repair $ 11.50 $3.00 Wheelchair Repairs – Client to source own materials

Prosthesis fees applicable to Insured Fijian citizens only

Foreign citizens to pay twice the amount quoted for Insured Fijian citizens 14) Medical Certificates and Reports a) For medical certificates on standard printed hospital or dispensary forms and containing only the standard information required by the person without any charges

$ - $ -

b) For other certificates and reports where search and references to records involved – initial reports

$ 57.50 $ -

Solicitors Initial Reports $ 287.50 $ - Post Disability Assessment $115.00 $ -

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Insurance Standard Forms $115.00 $ - Comprehensive Report $ 287.50 $ - Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens

Workmen’s Compensation, LD Form C/1

Individual/Self $ 115.00 $ -FNPF withdrawal $ 57.50 $ -Overseas Treatment $ 115.00 $ -

Employment $ 57.50 $ -Educational $ 57.50 $ -Social Welfare Assistance (New Applicants)

$ 57.50 $ -

Other incl. LTA, FNPF, Banks etc. $ 57.50 $ -Medical Board $ 230.00 $ -Diving Medical Report $ 287.50 $ -Report where further investigation required on initial reports

$ 115.00 $ -

(c) For subsequent certificate or report relating to the same illness or injury

$ 23.00 $ -

Workmen’s Compensation - Post Disability Assessment

$ 172.50 $ -

(d) For each duplicate of certificate or report referred to in (b) and (c) above

$ 11.50 $ -

Duplicate Notification of Births $ 23.00 $ -Duplicate Notification of Deaths $ 23.00 $ -(e) Where examinations of persons for reasons other than illness are carried out by Government medical officers e.g. in the case of proponents for life insurance, candidates for non-Government employees in respect of fitness for duty etc., the charge shall be

$ 172.50 $ -

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Foreign citizens to pay twice of quoted prices for Fijian citizens(Provided however that no such examination shall be carried out by Government medical officers if there is a private medical practitioner within reasonable distance and by whom the examination may be carried out)”

Made this 19th day of September 2012.N. SHARMA

Minister for Health

Price: $1.75 A. V. NAIVAKASORO, Government Printer, Suva, Fiji – 2012 148/FGGS/2012—900 Official Printer Since 1883

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