(1) Where a person (in this section referred to as the injured person) receives in a hospital treatment for injuries sustained by him by reason of the negligent driving of a mechanically propelled vehicle and such injuries were so sustained in such circumstances that the injured person is entitled or (if he has died) was during his lifetime entitled to recover from some other person damages for such injuries, any person liable to pay such damages to the injured person shall also be liable to pay to the governing body of such hospital if the injured person has been detained in such hospital for treatment in respect of such injuries or has received in such hospital (whether detained or not detained therein) such treatment in respect of such injuries as is mentioned in the next following sub-section of this section, such damages as are mentioned in this section.
(2) The damages payable under this section to the governing body of a hospital shall, subject to the deduction mentioned in