Shifa International Hospital Islamabad Reviews & Complaints
By: Abid Ali
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Shifa International Hospital Islamabad
Dear Sir/Madam,
While going through the transcript of “Code of Ethics of Practice for Medical & Dental Practitioners” issued by Medical & Dental Council, I came across following interesting codes:
27. Confidentiality
(c) The professional medical record of a patient shall not be handed over to any person without the consent of the patient or his/her legal representative. No one. has a right to demand information from the doctor about his patient, save when the notification is required under a statutory or legal obligation and when in doubt, the medical or dental practitioner or a dentist may consult a legal advisor;
(e) a medical or dental practitioner who gains access to medical records or other information without consent shall be guilty of invasion of privacy; and
(f) the medical or dental practitioner who grants access of an information of a patient to a third person except. Councilor law enforcing agencies, without consent shall be guilty of breach of confidentiality, but where a medical or dental practitioner is of the opinion to determine it his duty to society requiring him to employ knowledge about a patient obtained through confidence as a medical or dental practitioner, to protect a healthy person against a communicable disease to which he is about to be exposed, the Medical or dental practitioner shall give out information to concerned quarters.
After briefly discussing above, It is unfortunate to communicate that I have reasonable information to believe that confidential medical record of my spouse is shared with an insurance company without our consent.
Patient Name: Mrs. Sana Tareen Khan
MR # AA-13-88
Regards,
Abid Ali,
Associate Member
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan