Carolyn Bennett at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On June 5th, 2008. See this statement in context.

June 5th, 2008 / 4:10 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to know a little more about the medical file piece in terms of the doctor-patient relationship. Unfortunately, in our country, the file still belongs to the doctor and not the patient, yet we know we've had terrible trouble with people having follow-up for serious conditions like HIV/AIDS as they come in and out of prison.

What do you do with the medical file? Does the inmate get a copy of their medical file when they leave prison? How do you handle this in terms of the medical record?

I guess my bottom-line question is why can't all these people see their files anyway? Why do we have to have ATIP?

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