health officer is not available to perform medical service for a Government employee or other person entitled th ereto, such service shall be rendered by any accessible medical officer of the Philippine Constabulary or other Bureau. [2319-1 (Bur. Health).] SECTION  846 . Medical Attendance for Government Employee Sick at Point Remote from Hospital. —  When an officer or employee of the Insular Government or of a provincial government is ill at a point remote from a hospital under the control of the Insular or of  a provincial government, and it appears that medical attendance is necessary to preserve his life, the Director of Health at the direction of the Governor-General, shall order a medical officer or nurse to attend such ill person and, if necessary, conduc t him to the nearest hospital for treatment. [1925-1.] SECTION  847 . Payment of Expenses. —  The actual and necessary travel expenses of such physician or nurse shall be a proper charge against the Bureau or Office with which the patient is connected, and, if the patient is an employee of a provincial government , such travel expenses may be made a proper charge against the provincial treasury. In such case the travel expenses and subsistence of such ill employee to or from a hospital shall be a personal charge to be borne by himself. [1925-1.] SECTION  848 . Medical Supplies for Use in Provinces and Municipalities. —  Medicines and supplies used by a district health officer in attending persons entitled to free medical service shall, if such service is not rendered through an Insular hospital, be f urnished by the province; and such supplies used by a local health officer for the same purpose shall be furnished by the municipality, unless the expense is chargeable to the health fund of a sanitary division. HScCEa Medicine for the treatment of the indigent poor may be furnished by the Philippine Health Service whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Director of Health that the province or municipality in which the medicines are to be used is financiall y unable to supply the same. [1487-14.] SECTION  849 . Inhibition Against Receiving Pay for Free Service. —  In no case shall an officer or physician whose duty it is to render free medical service 262 Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc.