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Term: Weekend Admission Charges

Room and Board charges by a Hospital for the first Friday and/or Saturday of a confinement if the patient is admitted to the Hospital on one of these days, unless the confinement is for emergency Treatment; or a surgical operation is scheduled for the day or the day after the date of admission; or medical treatment, requiring Hospital confinement, is scheduled for the day or the day after the date of admission.

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