Clinic Services (Page 3)

Services NOT Covered by Clinic Membership

1. 1st 2 Weeks of Membership
   During the first two weeks of clinic membership, ONLY CONSULTATIONS plus a few basic tests are covered - everything else is to be paid for.
2. Pharmaceuticals
   are charged separately.
3. Medicals:
   (i) Non-disease related medical examinations and any test related to such medical examination, such as insurance, immigration and visa medicals. However these can be done on request and clinic members pay the relevant charges.
   
   (ii) Routine health checks, laboratory tests and X-rays carried out at the patient's personal request are to be paid for and will be charged 100%.
   
   (iii) Flying medicals will be charged for the first two years of clinic membership after which they are covered.
   
   # Charges are available on request.
4. Vaccinations & Inoculations
   Other than those included in the Under-5 Programme, e.g. Hepatitis A & B, Rabies, Typhoid, Meningitis.
5. Specialist's Fee
   W hen a patient has a consultation with a specialist other than the surgeons, paediatricians, gynaecologists, dermatologists, ophtalmologist, orthopaedic or ENT specialist who routinely hold clinics at cfb, or when one of the above specialists is called to see a patient outside of the routine session.
6. Audiology
   Is now available. The Audiologist can be seen by appointment and on advance payment of the consultation fee.
7. Treatment at other Medical Centre
   If a patient undergoes any treatment or diagnostic procedure at any other medical centre the cost must be met by the patient and is not covered by cfb membership. This includes:
   
   (a) in-patient treatment at any hospital, including cfb hospital, unless the patient is a hospital member.
   
   (b) all lab tests or specimens sent out to any other medical centre or laboratory (eg. Pap smears, histopathology specimens, special lab tests etc.). In this case the patient will be charged the courier fee if, appropriate, plus the cost of the test.
8. Members of less than 3 Years
   Members of less than three years duration, who have a chronic illness diagnosed somewhere other that cfb Medical Centre (eg South Africa), and are given a list of tests by the diagnosing doctor to be done on a regular basis to monitor the treatment & progress of the disease, will have to pay for these tests.
9. Dental Treatment

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