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Ambulances are provided by the
don County Council, free of charg,
for the conveyance of parturient
women at any hour of the day or night,
to hospitals or private residences, if the
case is one of urgency, whether from
the home, place of business or elsewhere,
on the application of a qualified
medical practitioner or certified midwife,
provided that either a doctor or
midwife accompanies the case. If such
(c) For maternity a case not being one of urgency occurs
patients between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.
free ambulances are also available for
their removal to maternity hospitals
with which they have already made
arrangements, if a letter of admission
to such hospital is produced; ambulance
cards for these latter cases are issued
to patients when they make their
arrangements at the Hospital and in
these cases it is sufficient for a female
friend to accompany the patient.
(viii)