Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Posted July 7, 2006 Hi Tawnya Medical records are only required to be kept for ten years. After that they can purge them, throw them away. I had this happen to me. Jim Quote
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Posted July 7, 2006 I know about the ten year rule. I worked with medical malpractice attorneys for a while. I had that excuse constantly with med.mal. cases. The problem is the records were from 1997-1999, that's not yet 10 years. This just sucks. I thought we were the ones that counted - you know -the patient - the people in pain. Maybe I'll take a trip to Ecuador or Canada and get better help. I was told several times that in South America, the doctors are more familiar with rare/foreign diseases because of the jungle, snake bites, etc. They're more willing to look and think "outside the box". I seriously might make that my next vacation. Tawnya, IdioEN '97 Quote
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