hospital fees of the injured person. Absence in the case contemplated shall be charged first against vacation leave, if any there be. [1698-25 ( d ).] If a person in such service is killed or dies of injuries received in line of duty, the Department head may authorize the payment of reasonable burial expenses and of three months' salary or wages to the widow or dependent child or children of such decease d person, which shall be in accord with his efficiency and service to the Government. [2120-1; 2123-1.] In case sickness follows as a direct and immediate consequence of the performance of some act in the line of duty the Department head may in his discretion authorize the payment of the necessary hospital fees. EcaDCI [2120-1.] For employees of the city of Manila the time allowance and disbursements contemplated above shall not be granted except upon recommendation of the municipal board; and in the case of employees of a provincial government, upon the recommendation of the prov incial board. [2120-1; 2123-1.] SECTION  735 . Priority of Government Employee in Admission to Hospitals.  — A person entitled under the rules of any Government hospital to service in the free wards thereof, shall have a right of priority in admission to such free wards, being a Government  employee, or the wife, or minor child of such. SECTION  745 . Title of Chapter . — This chapter shall be known as the Public Health Law. Bureaus and Offices Pertaining to Department of Interior TITLE  VII Philippine Health Service CHAPTER  25 PRELIMINARY  ARTICLE Title of Chapter Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 227