B. COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR INJURY OR ILLNESS
The liabilities of the employer when the seafarer suffers work-related
injury or illness during the term of his contract are as follows:
1. The employer shall continue to pay the seafarer his wages during the
time he is on board the vessel;
2. If the injury or illness requires medical and/or dental treatment in a
foreign port, the employer shall be liable for the full cost of such medical, serious
dental, surgical and hospital treatment, as well as board and lodging, until the
seafarer is declared fit to work or to be repatriated.
However, if after repatriation, the seafarer still requires medical attention
arising from said injury or illness, he shall be so provided at cost to the employer
until such time he is declared fit or the degree of his disability has been established
by the company-designated physician.
3. Upon sign-off from the vessel for medical treatment, the seafarer is
entitled to sickness allowance equivalent to his basic wage until he is declared fit
to work, or the degree of permanent disability has been assessed by the companydesignated physician, but in no case shall this period exceed one hundred twenty
(120) days.
For this purpose, the seafarer shall submit himself to a post-employment
medical examination by a company-designated physician within three working
days upon his return, except when he is physically incapacitated to do so, in which
case a written notice to the agency within the same period is deemed as
compliance. Failure of the seafarer to comply with the mandatory reporting
requirement shall result in his forfeiture of the right to claim the above benefits.
If a doctor appointed by the seafarer disagrees with the assessment,
a third doctor may be agreed jointly between the employer and the seafarer. The
third doctor's decision shall be final and binding on both parties.
4. Those illnesses not listed in Section 32 of this Contract are disputably
presumed as work related.
5. Upon sign-off of the seafarer from the vessel for medical treatment, the
employer shall bear the full cost of repatriation in the event the seafarer is
declared (1) fit for repatriation; or (2) fit to work, but the employer is unable to
find employment for the seafarer on board his former vessel or another vessel of
the employer despite earnest efforts.
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