Provide medical records as per request – Copy that?

Issue - March - 2024, Posted On: 01 March 2024

Doctors / hospitals are duty bound to provide medical records within seventy-two hours of request. However, they are not obliged to provide ‘original medical records’ unless specified in the request.

A patient had died in the hospital during treatment. Her husband sued the hospital and its doctors, alleging that wrong treatment led to untimely death of his beloved wife. His case was built on one claim – the hospital did not provide original medical records despite sending a request for same via registered post.

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