In-patient medical treatment in approved community hospitals
6.—(1) Subject to regulation 4, where a member or his dependant has received medical treatment as an in-patient from an approved medical practitioner in an approved community hospital, the amount that may be withdrawn by the member for payment of the treatment shall not exceed —
(a)
(i)
in a case not involving any surgical operation —
(A)
a sum of $150 per day, subject to a maximum of $3,500 per year, if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st January 2002 but before 1st June 2010; or
(B)
a sum of $250 per day, subject to a maximum of $5,000 per year, if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st June 2010; or
(ii)
in a case involving one or more surgical operations —
(A)
a sum of $150 per day (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st January 2002 but before 1st June 2010) or $250 per day (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st June 2010) multiplied by the number of days he was hospitalised or the actual total hospital charges, whichever is the lower; and
(B)
the amount of operation fees for a maximum of 3 surgical procedures, involving not more than 2 anatomical systems and not more than 2 procedures within each system, which shall not exceed the lower of the following cap amounts:
(BA)
the amount as determined by the Minister for Health for such operation or operations; or
(BB)
a total of $5,000 (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital before 1st June 2009) or $7,550 (if he was admitted to the approved community hospital on or after 1st June 2009); or
(b)
the total expenditure for the medical treatment; or
(c)
the total credit balance in the member’s medisave account,
whichever is the lowest.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any form of medical treatment unless it has been approved by the Minister for Health for the purposes of this Part.
[S 855/2020 wef 01/10/2020]
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no withdrawal of any amount in excess of $30 for each day a member or his dependant is hospitalised shall be permitted under this regulation for the payment of any attendance fee of any approved medical practitioner or practitioners, if the member or his dependant was admitted to the approved community hospital before 1 November 2018.