Kerala- Hospitals

Disclose psychiatric info under RTI Yes says CIC No says HC

Do psychiatry patients have the right to access records of their treatment While the Central Information Commission CIC directed a mental health hospital to provide this information to a patient the hospital has moved court citing confidentiality The Delhi High Court has given the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences IHBAS a stay ord... Read More

Health care turns deadly

CORNWALL The prognosis is not good for the Canadian health system according to William Charney and Michael Hurley who brought their message to Cornwall Thursday As many as 63000 Canadians will die from a medical error or hospitalacquired infection this year making it the second leading cause of death they say They say research shows 18 of Ca... Read More