Can A Hospital Withhold The Results Of A Mri Scan?

[russianrobert]

A very well known hospital in Bangkok is reluctant to release the results of an MRI scan i had done recently.

I'm reluctant to name them as they haven't at this stage said i can't have them, just that they are dragging their feet. Considering i paid a sizable amount of money to have it done it seems unreasonable to me. I am thinking of changing hospitals as i'm not satisfied with the treatment i have been receiving

I am a private patient who had an accident to my spine and needed to have an MRI done on their advice. What's the norm here in Thailand? Do i have the right to take the results with me to another hospital?

Cheers

[H2oDunc]

If it is the well known hospital I am thinking of then they have always given me the results of any scans, X rays or other imaging procedures immediately after the consultation with the doc ?

Something doesn't sound quite right

I can't think of a reason they wouldn't give you them unless there was nothing to give you ?

Strange indeed

[FBN]

You certainly have a right to your medical records; at least a copy of scans, X-rays etc. Thailand is not different (medico-legally) than any other country.

Best to approach the treating physician personally and avoid mentioning or agressively expressing dissatisfaction with the service; this will complicate the process..

[Sheryl]

See pinned notice re patient rights in Thailand. you have an absolute legal right to copies of all of your records and also to the actual MRI film itself (if you want it-- advisable if you may consult doctors elsewhere in the future).

You will, however, have to go in person, show proof of ID (passport) and pay for the photocopying.

I have found the best thing is simply to go as emails tend not to be very productive and they are not in any event going to send you the results electronically. Allow a few hours, be pleasant but firm. Ask at the man information desk as the request needs to go to the medical records department, not the clinic where you were seen. Show your hospital number and say that you need a copy of your medical records and the actual MRI film. (They'll have you sign a release for the film since it will then no longer be in their records).

[russianrobert]

Thanks for all the answers. I hadn't mentioned that i wasn't satisfied with the service problem may have been i was communicating via email.

I will go in person.

Cheers