Medical records of deceased patient to be provided to the father

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CIC has ruled that Medical records of a deceased patient can be provided to the father of the deceased.

Bed Head Ticket is a form of chart wherein medical history of a patient from the
date of his admission till the date of his discharge is written. It can be
understood that while the patient is undergoing treatment, the Bed Head Ticket
or medical card may not be disclosed but once the patient has been
discharged the said information can be disclosed. Moreover, the information
seeker in the present case is not some stranger to the patient but he is father
of the patient. In the present case where the patient with respect to whom the
information is sought is dead and her father needs that information, the larger
public interest demands/warrants that the information should be disclosed.