CHARGES at "The Clinic" for 2008

( Note foreign currency rates may change according to fluctuations in currency values.)

Room Charge per head for a bed Rs 950 only.(US$23/Euro16/ £14).

Professional & nursing charges Rs 1900 (US$46/Euro32/ £25) per head per day

Meals Rs 1500 (US$37/Euro25/ £21) per head per day.

Supplement for Air-conditioning Rs 950 (US$23/Euro16/ £14) per day.

Internet charges Rs 500 (US$14/Euro9/ £7) per day.

Supplement for single stay Rs 1200 (US$28/Euro20/ £15) in the domino suite and Rs 2300 (US$50/Euro37/ £30) in the suites upstairs. (If there are 2 people in the suite then the supplement is Rs1200 on upstairs suites.

Special Nursing Charges: up to Rs. 3000/US$82/ EURO 55/£41 per day for critically ill patients.

Laundry charges : Rs. 10-50 per piece according to size & material.

Dry Cleaning charges as per actuals with a 30% surcharge for transportation.

Charges for group discussion on health : Rs. 750/Euro15/$19/ £10 per head, (held on Mondays & Thursdays between 7p.m to 8 pm).

Charges for Yoga Classes : Rs. 300/Euro5/$8 Per head, (held on Tuesdays & Fridays 7.15 am.- 8.15 am.) Additional Yoga classes can also be arranged for Rs. 750/€14/$20 per class.

Investigations are charged at actual charges which are paid to the laboratories & other hospitals with a 20% surcharge (subject to a minimum of Rs. 150/€3/$4) as our processing & transportation charges. This covers sample collection, transportation of samples to the laboratories & collection of the reports.

Medicines are charged at actual charges which we pay to other hospitals or chemists with a 20% surcharge as our processing & transportation charges. It is also possible for you to buy medicines yourself from the chemist and avoid this surcharge.

Physiotherapy, Ultrasound treatment & speech therapy cost @ Rs. 250/ €5 /$7, per session.

If the people accompanying you, require to consult the doctor or receive treatment you are requested to book appointments for them with the clinic manager in advance. Treatment for persons accompanying patients is available at out-patient times, and such persons are charged at standard out-patient rates and appointments are subject to availability.  Out-patients are seen only by prior appointment and are  charged at Rs. 5000/US$128/Euro 91/£66 per hour during normal consulting hours. In case appointments are not available during normal consulting hours you may ask for an appointment at extended rates out of working hours.

Please contact us if you need any clarification on charges.

Billing. Weekly Bills will be presented on Saturdays. Please arrange cash or Demand drafts payable at Chengannur with you to the estimated value of your expenses each week to enable you to settle your bills on presentation. You could also arrange with your bank to transfer the funds to my account each week. The facility of payment by credit card is also available at a surcharge of 2.5%. We accept Visa & Master card but not American express.

Failure to settle the bills on presentation will constrain us to discharge you and allocate the room to the next person on our waiting list.

In case you have not remitted payment in advance, a deposit is payable on admission equivalent to the estimated charges for accommodation & treatment for 1 week (approximately Rs. 100,000/ US$ 2500/€1800/£1300).

Bank Details

Payments in Rupees may be made into any branch of HDFC bank or transferred from your bank using RTGS/NEFT to IFSC : HDFC  0000464 in favour of : "The Clinic.", A/C no. 04642530000082

Payments in Euros, US Dollars or Pounds Sterling may be made by SWIFT in favour of MANIK HIRANANDANI at ABN AMRO BANK NV, Sakhar Bhavan, Nariman point, MUMBAI 400023, India.

Please print out this remittance form for sending your remittances, fill it in & hand it in to your banker. Then send the remittance number to me and to pradeep.nair@in.abnamro.com so we can follow up the transaction and confirm receipt of your payment.

The details are also given below.

For US Dollar remittances send to A/C no, 661001007341, ABNAUS33, ABN AMRO BANK NV, New York, NY. for further credit to A/c No 772686 of MANIK HIRANANDANI at ABNAINBB, ABN AMRO BANK NV MUMBAI 400023.

FOR EURO Remittances send to Account no 529481375, ABNANL2A, ABN AMRO BANK NV. AMSTERDAM for further credit to A/c No 772687, of MANIK HIRANANDANI at ABNAINBB, ABN AMRO BANK NV MUMBAI 400023.

FOR Sterling Remittances send to Account no 902756 ABNAGB2L ABN AMRO BANK N.V. LONDON for further credit to A/c No 951797 of MANIK HIRANANDANI at ABNAINBB, ABN AMRO BANK NV MUMBAI 400023.