Genealogy Chat

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is there anyway of being able to access
medical records of a family member who has died.
Rosex

It depends when they died, some records are 'closed' for 100 years although I got my g-grandads medical records from 1935.

Sam x

hi sam
thanks for that .
ive bean reading some info on my grand farther
and he spent alot of time in hospital.
i would like to see his records to find out all that was wrong with him .
Rosex

If you get his death cert it will /should have his medical problems. Depends when he died

Hi Margaret
i do have his death cert and know how he died.
however he was in the care of DR barnardos for a while
and on the information i got from them it said he was in and out of hospital for the 1st few years of his life, due to a spinal problem.
and when he went into the home it gave information about scaring and stuff.
i just thought it would be good to find out what his condition actually was and what all the ops was for .
Rosex

They may have been destroyed. I tried to get records of my stay in an isolation hospital in the 1960's - I knew I was in there, but no-one told my parents why - and was told they were destroyed after 25 years!!!
Unfortunately, these records never followed me from Scotland to England, so my doctor has no record either.

maggie

hi Maggie thats a shame :-(
not sure if my grandads have bean destroyed
i have not yet tried to obtain them.
im going to phone the hospital that he was being treated in tomorrow,
hopefully they will be able to let me know .
Rosex