I have just the opposite story.  Earlier this year my co-worker's husband was having a problem with a recurring rash on his scalp.  Tests for that showed that he had a metal plate in his head from a surgery done while he was in a coma 30+ years ago.  The doctor was long gone and the hospital said they kept records for only 10 years.  No one knew the plate was there and now they have no way of finding out why.  We were surprised that such information was not kept longer.  It seems to me that some types of medical information should be kept longer than the 7 or 10 year minimum.  

Tim Barnard

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From: Trudy M Phillips <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:24:51 PM
Subject: Re: Seven years


Interesting story on medical records for mental patients at a state  hospital.
A client of mine wrote to OK for her mother's medical records as a family  
member had been diagnosed as Bipolar.  The mother was admitted in 1941 and  died 
in the 1970'.  The request was made in the early 90's.
Low and behold, after signing the appropriate documents and providing proof  
that she was the daughter, she received a rather large copy of the medical  
file.  Imagine after 20 years. Net result was that it was very informative  to 
all in the family, most of which never really knew the circumstances of the  
initial hospitalization and subsequent treatment.


       
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