Online Membership
Membership Types
Price are apply to all new memberships and the existing ones will increase on the applicable anniversary.
Household Membership
Limited to 6 people
with Hospital Transport Cover R350 per household per month (Non medical aid limited to 5 times a year)
without Hospital Transport Cover R250 per household per month
Pensioner Membership
Limited to 2 persons of which one must be over 65
with Hospital Transport Cover R330 per household per month (Non medical aid limited to 5 times a year)
without Hospital Transport Cover R230 per household per month
Once of joining fee of R 750 or 2 month waiting period for transport cover
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- DEFINITONS:
- Customer – person who signs the agreement on behalf of a business / residence and includes all persons on the designated business / residential premises excluding building contractors and sub contractors. May also include car parks or roads if such car parks and roads are registered to the customer.
- David’s Medical Response cc T/A Atlantic Medical Response (A.M.R) – CK2007/017318/23
- Emergency Care Practitioner (E.C.P) – person registered with the HPCSA
- Life Threatening Emergency – Any medical emergency that may result in the person being transported to hospital. It excludes normal medical ailments where a person would normally consult with their own medical practitioner.
- PERIOD OF AGREEMENT:
- Atlantic Medical Response will render the service for an initial period of 12 months.
- Thereafter this agreement indefinitely with the same terms and conditions, subject to termination by either party on one months written notice.
- CONSIDERATIONS:
- The cost of the service to the rendered in terms of this agreement during the initial period is stipulated overleaf which is payable monthly in advance provided that the fist installment shall become due and payable upon signature hereof.
- The consideration referred to above shall increase annually on 1st March by such amount as Atlantic Medical Response shall notify to the customer not less than one month prior to such anniversary.
- Failure by Atlantic Medical Response to give such notice one month before the 1st March shall not preclude Atlantic Medical Response from giving such notice at a later date which becomes effective as from the first day of the calendar month, following the month in which such notice was given.
- All payments by the customer to Atlantic Medical Response shall be deposited into Atlantic Medical Response bank account at Standard Bank, Vredenburg 050511, and account number 083023755.
- In the event any amount payable in terms of this agreement is not paid on the date such payment falls due, such outstanding amount shall bear interest at a rate equal to the prime over draught lending rate charged by Standard Bank to it’s best grade customers on the unsecured basis from time to time.
- Such monthly payment falls due before the 7th of each month.
- SERVICE:
- This service is and Emergency Medical Response service. It does not include an ambulance service. The company will provide Emergency Care Practitioner in the event of a serious or perceived life threatening medical or trauma emergency, who will medically support the patient until the arrival of the customers nominated ambulance service.
- The E.C.P. will then hand over the patient to the nominated ambulance service and the services responsibility will then be considered fulfilled.
- This service covers only the persons on the customers business premises / those that normally reside at the residential premises, but excludes all construction contractors and sub contractors.
- An additional fee, appropriate to the level of care, will be levied if any other person it treated at the request of the customer.
- Atlantic Medical Response undertakes to respond to a call as a matter of urgency but does not guarantee a minimum response time. The Emergency Care Practitioner will however by base in Langebaan to ensure the quickest possible response time.
- All equipment and stock used to treat the patient by A.M.R. will be for our account until the arrival of the customers nominated ambulance service.
- This contract does not include any events / exhibitions / sports event.
- Atlantic Medical Response will automatically dispatch the customers nominated ambulance service at the same time that Atlantic Medical Response dispatches their Emergency Care Practitioner. The cost of the ambulance and any further treatment is for the account of the customer. This also includes the call out fee if the customer refuses transport.
- In the event of a medical emergency, or perceived emergency, and the customer incapacitated, staff of Atlantic Medical Response are authorized to remove / breakdown any obstacle to gain entry so as to render such life saving treatment. Atlantic Medical Response or it’s staff will not be liable for any damages.
- This service is not a medical aid or insurance or to provide a form of monitory medical cover and is purely a first response service. Atlantic Medical Response does not supply transport to a medical facility or cost of treatment at such medical facility.
- Atlantic Medical Response is not responsible for any further treatment or costs incurred from the time the patient is handed over to the nominated ambulance personnel. Atlantic Medical Response’s costs are only limited to the medical treatment of the patient prior to the arrival of the ambulance.
- WAIVER AND INDEMNITY:
- Atlantic Medical Response shall not be liable for any injury, loss or damage suffered by the customer or any other person whomsoever from any act or omission and any cause howsoever arising including negligence of Atlantic Medical Response. Atlantic Medical Response’s employees and / or agents and the customer hereby indemnifies Atlantic Medical Response against and holds Atlantic Medical Response harmless from all or any claims made against or damages suffered by Atlantic Medical Response by reason of any of the afore going events.
- BREACH:
In the event of:
- the non payment of any monies or portion thereof in terms of this agreement on due date; or
- the breach of the customer of any of these conditions of this agreement; or
- the customers insolvency
Atlantic Medical Response shall have the right forthwith:
- to cancel the agreement, and
- claim any payment already due, and
- claim damages for breach of contract or otherwise, which damages the parties agree shall not be less than 50% of the total consideration payable for the unexpired portion of the initial period of the agreement, which amount the parties agree is a genuine pre estimate of the damage which Atlantic Medical Response will sustain by such breach by the customer.
- NOTICES AND DOMICILUM:
- Any notice required to be given in terms of this agreement shall be deemed to have been validly given if sent by pre paid registered letter chosen for domicilium citandi et executandi in terms of clause 7.2
- Domicilium citandi executandi is chosen:
- by Atlantic Medical Response at 19 Salamander Street, Langebaan, 7357.
- By customer at the premises
- GENERAL:
- Any relaxation, indulgence or waiver which Atlantic Medical Response or its agents may grant to the customer or any condonation by Atlantic Medical Response of any breach of the terms of this agreement shall not become binding on Atlantic Medical Response which shall at all times be entitled to claim due and prompt performance by the customer’s obligations hereunder.
- No variations of the terms of this agreement shall be of any effect unless reduced to writing and signed by Atlantic Medical Response and the customer or their agent.
- This agreement, together with any annexures thereto, shall constitute the entire agreement between Atlantic Medical Response and the customer and Atlantic Medical Response shall not be responsible for any undertaking representation or warranty given, orally or otherwise, which is not recorded herein.
- The parties hereby consent in terms of section 45 of the Magistrate’s Court No. 32 of 1944 as amended, to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court in respect of any action or proceedings arising from this agreement.
- The customer agrees to pay all costs and disbursement, including legal costs on the attorney and own client scale, collection commission, tracing charges and the like incurred by Atlantic Medical Response in enforcing any of its rights in terms hereof.