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Mar. 21, 2008
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Metro announces system for getting medical records

The Metropolitan Police Department today announced the procedure for patients of several medical clinics linked to the hepatitis C outbreak to retrieve their medical records. Starting Monday, patients can complete written request forms at any of the department's seven substations. A photo ID will be required, and department officials ask patients to wait to make their requests unless they need them for an emergency.

The Police Department seized thousands of records last week from six medical offices as part of a criminal investigation into the disease outbreak. The offices include the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, the Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center and six locations of the Gastroenterology Center of Nevada.

More about the Hepatitis C Investigation

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    creeped out wrote on March 21, 2008 10:40 PM: Somehow, the idea of cops going through everybody's medical records creeps me out.


    Bob wrote on March 21, 2008 07:03 PM: OK, so how does someone get a copy of their records if they have moved out of Las Vegas? What a mess these professional people have caused. Did they just not care?


    Resident wrote on March 21, 2008 05:12 PM: And will there be a cost for this retrieval?????