Old Medical records from hospital

HONKEY TONK

Hi All

Does anyone know if hospitals hold onto old medical records and x-rays.

I dislocated my my elbow 25 years ago which I got fixed in Temple street when I was a kid.

I never understood the extent of the damage and would like to get the records.

Is this possible?

everlast75

Has After Hours replaced Google now?

McCrack

They should still have them. I would suggest writing to them.

HONKEY TONK

everlast75 wrote: »

Has After Hours replaced Google now?

Try googling it there now and let me know the answer.

SEPT 23 1989

They will be in your file in Dublin Castle

HONKEY TONK

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

They will be in your file in Dublin Castle

Do you know if they will let you keep them?

GhostyMcGhost

everlast75 wrote: »

Has After Hours replaced Google now?

Does anyone have an uncles neighbours dog who can tell me what time Harvey Norman are open until tonight?

I heard 11pm on another thread, but instead, I want AH to verify so that when they're inevitably closed tonight I will know my legal rights regarding compensation and can begin to take a small claims case against them for the wasted petrol money

You could just, I don't know, ring and ask them yourself?

infogiver

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Do you know if they will let you keep them?

They'll make a photocopy of them and send it to you if they still have them ( the hospital not Dublin Castle).
Just write to the Records Department in Temple St. Children's Hospital.
Give them all the details you have.
Your name
Address when you were admitted
DOB
Date you were admitted
Current address.
Your parents names.
Ask them to send you a copy of all files held by them about you.
Good luck trying to read it if you do get it, the doctors handwriting does be shocking and they use a lot of abbreviations it's almost like morse code.

Wesser

Are you looking for them just because you want to know or is there a real medical reason?
Pulling medical records from 25 years ago takes time++++ and these offices are very busy.
Is it just that you want to know or do you actually have elbow pain?
Pulling medical records is for a doctor to do when you're roaring in pain and he wants to know what surgery was dine on your abdomen 10 years ago.
Most likely it was a pulled elbow which is of no significance whatsoever.

HONKEY TONK

Wesser wrote: »

Are you looking for them just because you want to know or is there a real medical reason?
Pulling medical records from 25 years ago takes time++++ and these offices are very busy.
Is it just that you want to know or do you actually have elbow pain?
Pulling medical records is for a doctor to do when you're roaring in pain and he wants to know what surgery was dine on your abdomen 10 years ago.
Most likely it was a pulled elbow which is of no significance whatsoever.

My elbow was twisted and the ball joint of my bone was sticking out of my arm

Im not looking for a time limit on the records. I really just want the x-rays and records to keep.

biko

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Try googling it there now and let me know the answer.

After googling the title of this thread I found several hits with answers and also this old thread in Health Sciences forum.

HONKEY TONK

Deleted User wrote: »

You could just, I don't know, ring and ask them yourself?

Or I could just ask someone who might have done it before and what the process was in a way that doesn't consist of going around in circles with the HSE.

But thanks for the imput.

whoopsadoodles

Wesser wrote: »

Are you looking for them just because you want to know or is there a real medical reason?
Pulling medical records from 25 years ago takes time++++ and these offices are very busy.
Is it just that you want to know or do you actually have elbow pain?
Pulling medical records is for a doctor to do when you're roaring in pain and he wants to know what surgery was dine on your abdomen 10 years ago.
Most likely it was a pulled elbow which is of no significance whatsoever.

Pulling hospital records is an entire job in itself. Someone is specifically paid to do this. There are companies who specialise in storage of old hospital medical records and who have a system. Aside from small private doctor's surgeries, doctors do not ever pull files themselves.

Wesser

I suppose it raises the question, should our publically funded services spent time doing things that people want or should it just spent time doing what people need.

Just a rhetorical question that I'm putting out there.

Wesser

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Pulling hospital records is an entire job in itself. Someone is specifically paid to do this. There are companies who specialise in storage of old hospital medical records and who have a system. Aside from private doctor's surgeries, doctors do not ever pull files themselves.

Yes I know that, i mean a doctor requests them to be pulled when she needs specific information.

Need being the important part of my point.

whoopsadoodles

Wesser wrote: »

I suppose it raises the question, should our publically funded services spent time doing things that people want or should it just spent time doing what people need.

Just a rhetorical question that I'm putting out there.

They don't take as long to pull as you would think because of the excellent tracking systems in place. They take far longer to store.

Skyfarm

Hi OP

you can get all your records under the freedom of information act,the below link should guide you

https://www.dataprotection.ie/docs/A-guide-to-your-rights-Plain-English-Version/r/858.htm

HONKEY TONK

McCrack wrote: »

They should still have them. I would suggest writing to them.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

They will be in your file in Dublin Castle

infogiver wrote: »

They'll make a photocopy of them and send it to you if they still have them ( the hospital not Dublin Castle).
Just write to the Records Department in Temple St. Children's Hospital.
Give them all the details you have.
Your name
Address when you were admitted
DOB
Date you were admitted
Current address.
Your parents names.
Ask them to send you a copy of all files held by them about you.
Good luck trying to read it if you do get it, the doctors handwriting does be shocking and they use a lot of abbreviations it's almost like morse code.

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Pulling hospital records is an entire job in itself. Someone is specifically paid to do this. There are companies who specialise in storage of old hospital medical records and who have a system. Aside from small private doctor's surgeries, doctors do not ever pull files themselves.

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

They don't take as long to pull as you would think because of the excellent tracking systems in place. They take far longer to store.

Skyfarm wrote: »

Hi OP

you can get all your records under the freedom of information act,the below link should guide you

https://www.dataprotection.ie/docs/A-guide-to-your-rights-Plain-English-Version/r/858.htm

Thanks all

corner of hells

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

McCrack wrote: »

They should still have them. I would suggest writing to them.

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

They will be in your file in Dublin Castle

infogiver wrote: »

They'll make a photocopy of them and send it to you if they still have them ( the hospital not Dublin Castle).
Just write to the Records Department in Temple St. Children's Hospital.
Give them all the details you have.
Your name
Address when you were admitted
DOB
Date you were admitted
Current address.
Your parents names.
Ask them to send you a copy of all files held by them about you.
Good luck trying to read it if you do get it, the doctors handwriting does be shocking and they use a lot of abbreviations it's almost like morse code.

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Pulling hospital records is an entire job in itself. Someone is specifically paid to do this. There are companies who specialise in storage of old hospital medical records and who have a system. Aside from small private doctor's surgeries, doctors do not ever pull files themselves.

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

They don't take as long to pull as you would think because of the excellent tracking systems in place. They take far longer to store.

Skyfarm wrote: »

Hi OP

you can get all your records under the freedom of information act,the below link should guide you

https://www.dataprotection.ie/docs/A-guide-to-your-rights-Plain-English-Version/r/858.htm

Thanks all

Here they are , I had them in my attic.

HONKEY TONK

corner of hells wrote: »

Here they are , I had them in my attic.

Comical

koumi

Depends on when you were last there op, if you've been a patient of the same hospital since then they may still have those records but to the best of my knowledge I think they can only hold data for 7 years. (it's just like any other data and has a time limit) It really does depend on your circumstances though but you can always just contact them to see.

http://www.medisec.ie/a-z/retention-of-medical-records

Wesser

It's up until the age of 25 if you were a child when the medical encounter occurred.