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[II] Cost
estimates
are available during the normal working hours of the
Hospital from the Business Office located on the Ground
Floor. You / your attendant should contact the Business
/ Accounting office for all questions related to financial
matters prior to hospitalization or as soon as possible
thereafter, in case of emergency admission. Your physician
is not qualified to answer questions pertaining to financial
matters. Please remember that all cost estimates are
approximations at their best and are based upon previous
experience of the Hospital and information provided
by your admitting physician. Actual expenses may vary,
depending upon the length of stay, change of treatment
plans, additional investigations, etc. Also, Hospital
rates reflect the Standards of Care at Indus which insists
upon evidence based scientific practice of medicine
for confirmation and documentation of diagnosis, as
far as possible, through laboratory investigations,
since provisional diagnosis, based on subjective observation
alone, may be in error. Costs are significantly lower
than those of the comparable modern health care institutions
elsewhere, but higher than the rates charged by institutions
funded / subsidized by the Government / Non-Governmental
Organizations.
[III]
After admissions, patients are advised not to keep any
cash, valuables or jewellery with them . All such items
must be given to their relatives or handed over to the
Nurse in-charge / Business Office for safe custody.
In all such cases a receipt of the itemized list of
valuables deposited with the Hospital must be obtained
from the concerned staff by the patient and surrendered
at the time when the valuables are returned to the patient.
Indus Hospital is not responsible for loss of any property
/ valuables of patients / their relatives if the said
guidelines are violated by the patients.
[IV] Use of intoxicants
/ smoking / carrying explosives or firearms by the patients
or their attendants is strictly prohibited in the Hospital
premises. Such offence would be immediately reported
to the police authorities.
[V] It is contrary
to the Hospital Policy to admit patients with known
mental illnesses/Medico-legal problems to Indus Hospital.
Failure to disclose such information at the time of
admission by the patient/relatives will result in immediate
discharge and release of liability, if any, on the part
of Indus Hospital.
[VI] Dumping of
terminally ill / handicapped / indigent / incompetent
patients at Indus Hospital on the part of their relatives
/ attendants is strictly prohibited. Relatives / attendants
of such patients should be available to the physician
in-charge to discuss/report their progress on daily
basis. Failure to do so will release the Hospital from
any liability claims.
[VII] Patients scheduled
for major surgery under general/spinal anaesthesia are
required to be cleared for such surgery by the medical
service in advance. In certain doubtful situations or
upon patient's request, it is mandatory for the admitting
physician to seek consultation from another specialist
associated with Indus Hospital. Some times he/she, with
your approval and in the interest of better patient
care, may decide to seek such opinion himself.
[VIII] Relatives
/ Attendants are not allowed to stay in the general
wards with the exception of visiting hours, unless,
of course, the patient is a child, legally incompetent,
terminally ill and admitted to the Critical Care Unit
or a private room. In all such cases, only one attendant
/ relative is required to stay with the patient around
the clock with the sole exception of Critical Care Unit
where attandants / relatives may visit the patient for
five (5) minutes, every hour. Sitting/ Sleeping in unoccupied
hospital beds in unhygienic and strictly prohibited.
If the patient is allowed to walk around, relative /
attendants should make use of the sitting arrangement
provided opposite each Nursing Station.
[IX] Patients in
need of transportation before admission or at the time
of discharge may contact the Reception Desk for assistance,
atleast, one day in advance. Subject to availability
, Hospital vehicle may be hired for a distance not to
exceed twenty-five (25) kms.,one way, provided , the
journey involves paved roads only.
[X] In the event
of a death, Release of Dead Body Forms must be completed
before the body can be handed over to the relatives
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