Section 8: Medical attendance or medical treatment abroad

If the condition, of a Member or his or her spouse undergoing medical treatment in a hospital or receiving medical attendance from any registered medical practitioner or other person within the State or outside the State but within India, is such that the Director of the System of Medicine in which he is undergoing medical treatment in the State or, as the case may be, the head of the medical institution from which he is receiving medical treatment or medical attendance from outside the State is of opinion that in the interest of his safety and for securing the best and advanced specialised treatment and for his speedy recovery it is essential for him to take treatment in a hospital or receive medical attendance by any medical practitioner or other person abroad he or as the case may be his or her spouse may with the consent of the Speaker receive such medical attendance from any medical practitioner or other person or medical treatment from any hospital abroad at the expense of the Government.