In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires.-
(a) “Minister” includes (1) a Minister of State and a Deputy Minister
(b) “Authorised Medical Attendant” means the Superintendent, Bowring Hospital, Bangalore, unless by general or special order Government designates any other Medical Officer as the authorised Medical Attendant for all or any of the Minister;
(c) “Government” means the State Government;
1. Substituted by Notification No. GSR 294, dated 7th August 1968. (GAD 38(4) GAM 68.)
2. Substituted by Notification No. GAD 25, dated 12th May 1959.
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(d) “Medical Attendance” means the attendance in a Government Hospital or at the residence of a Minister or at the consulting room maintained by the authorised Medical Attendant by arrangement with him and includes.-
(i) such pathological, bacteriological, radiological or other methods of examination for the purposes of diagnosis as are available in any Government Hospital or laboratory in the State and are considered necessary by the authorised medical attendant; and
(ii) such consultation with any other medical officer or specialist in the service of the Government as the authorised medical attendant certifies to be necessary to such extent and in such manner as the medical officer or the specialist may, in consultation with the authorised medical attendant, determine;
(e) “State” means the State of Karnataka;
(f) “Nurse” means a qualified nurse holding a certificate or a diploma recognised by the Director of Medical Services in Karnataka;
(g) “Patient” means a Minister who requires medical attendance and treatment;
(h) “Treatment” means the use of all medical and surgical facilities available at the Government Hospital in which a patient is treated and includes.-
(i) the employment of such pathological, Bacteriological, Radiological or any other methods as are considered necessary by the Authorised Medical Attendant;
(ii) dental treatment where the diagnosis of the physiological or other disability from which a patient is suffering indicates that the teeth are the real source of disturbance provided it is of a major kind such as treatment of jawbone disease, wholesale removal of teeth, etc.;
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Explanation.- Surgical Operations needed for the removal of adonotomes and impacted wisdom-tooth also fall under the category of dental treatment of a major kind. Treatment of gum boils comes under oral surgery of the mouth and as such it is admissible under the rules.
Treatment for pyorrhoea and gingivitis of teeth is however not covered.
(iii) the supply of such medicines, vaccines sera or other therapeutic substances as are ordinarily available in Government Hospitals in the State;
(iv) the supply of such medicines, vaccines sera or other therapeutic substances not ordinarily so available as the authorised medical attendant may certify in writing to be essential for the recovery or for the prevention or serious deterioration in the condition of the patient;
(v) an independent room in the Hospital Ward in the hospital to which the patient is admitted and where no independent room is available, such accommodation as is available and is suited to his status;
(vi) the services of such nurses as are ordinarily employed by the hospital to which the patient is admitted;
(vii) such special nursing as the authorised medical attendant may certify in writing to be essential for the recovery or for the prevention of serious deterioration in the condition of the patient having regard to the nature of the disease; and
(viii) the medical attendance described in sub-clause (ii) of clause
(d) of Section 2 but does not include diet, or provision at the request of the patient, of accommodation superior to the described in sub-clause (v).
1[Explanation.- In the case of hospitals, where the tariff is inclusive of diet charge, 25 per cent of the same shall be reckoned as charges for diet.]
1. Inserted by Notification No. GAD 25 SAM 58, dated 12th may 1959 5