Artikel 53

1. In the contingency referred to in sub-paragraph a of Article 51, medical care shall include:
a) pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care, inside or outside hospital, by a general practitioner, a specialist or qualified midwife, including the necessary diagnoses and tests, as may be prescribed, as well as domiciliary visits;
b) care by a member of a profession legally recognised as allied to the medical profession, who is qualified to supply services associated with maternity care under appropriate medical supervision;
c) the provision of the necessary pharmaceutical supplies on prescription by a medical practioner or other qualified person;
d) maintenance in a hospital or any other medical institution;
e) dental care including the necessary dental prostheses;
f) medical rehabilitation, including the supply, maintenance and renewal of prosthetic and orthopaedic appliances as well as medical aids as may be prescribed;
g) transport of the beneficiary, as may be prescribed;
2. Where a Party's legislation requires the beneficiary or the beneficiary's breadwinner to share in the cost of medical care, the rules governing such cost-sharing shall be such as not to impose hardship or render medical and social protection less effective.
3. Medical care shall aim at preserving, restoring, or improving the health of the woman protected and her ability to work and to meet her personal needs.