(1) The patients who under these rules, are eligible for treatment in a particular class of paying or special ward, may get themselves treated in any higher class of ward, by paying the difference in the rates for the two classes of wards.
(2) If at the time of admission there is no vacant bed in a ward of the class to which a patient is entitled or if such a class of ward does not exist, he may be admitted to a ward of the next higher class existing in the hospital, if vacant till such time as a ward of the class to which he is entitled falls vacant, and he should be transferred to such ward at once. For the period that he has had to stay in the next higher class ward, charges at the higher rate will be recovered provided that he will be entitled to a refund of the difference on production of the necessary certificate from the authorised Medical Attendant that the patient was admitted to the higher class of ward due to the non-availability of the class of ward he is entitled.
(3) In cases falling under sub-rule (2) when the ward of the next higher class happens to be ward of the highest class available in the Hospital as for example, the ten rupee ward in the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital, Bangalore, two Government servants admitted to that ward may if possible, be accommodated in the room allotted normally for one patient in that ward.
1[Provided that notwithstanding anything contained in these rules the Government Servant and his family shall be eligible for treatment in the wards of the authorized hospitals and medical institutions specified in Schedule-I as per the rates specified in of the Table below:- TABLE Range of pay Category of Ward/class of accommodations to which entitled Maximum ward charges/room rent to which entitled 1 2 3 i) Upto Rs.4350 per month General Ward Rs.100/- per day ii) Rs.4351 to Rs.11840 per month Semi Private Ward Rs.200/- per day iii) Rs.11841 and above Private Ward Rs.500/- per day] 1 1 Inserted in Notification No.DPAR 1 SMR 2000 dated 22nd January 2001.