asked the Minister for Health if a District Medical Officer is entitled to be paid fees for attendance on (1) a person who is the holder of a General Medical Services Card and (2) a member of the family of such a person whose name is included as such on the Register, where that person or the member of his family have been injured in a motor accident within such district; and further, in the event of such person being taken to hospital, whether any surgeons or other specialists called are likewise so entitled.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Medical Services Cards: Attendance on Persons Injured in Motor Accident.
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The Health Acts and the regulations and arrangements made thereunder provide that no charge shall be made for the medical treatment of a person holding a general services medical card or his dependants where the treatment is provided by the district medical officer of the area or by a surgeon or other specialist in hospital where the patient occupies a bed in a public ward. This is the case no matter what gave rise to the need for treatment.