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Read the passage and answer the question. Passage: Every hospital keeps a file for each patient, and the room where those files live is called the medical records department. When a patient is admitted, a clerk opens a fresh record and notes the patient's name, age, address and the complaint that brought the patient in. Every test report, prescription and doctor's note that follows is added to the same file in the order in which it arrives, so that anyone who opens the file can follow the whole story of the illness from the first visit to the last. The records serve three purposes. Doctors use them to decide the next step in treatment, the hospital uses them to count how many patients were treated and for what, and the patient can ask for a copy when moving to another hospital. Because the files contain private details, only authorised staff may handle them, and a file is never handed to a stranger without the patient's written consent. Which of the following is true about the passage?

1.
Patient files are destroyed after the first visit
2.
Any visitor may read a patient file on request
3.
Only doctors are allowed to open a patient file
4.
A patient can ask for a copy of the record when moving to another hospital
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : A patient can ask for a copy of the record when moving to another hospital

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सही उत्तर A patient can ask for a copy of the record when moving to another hospital है।

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The passage states that the patient can ask for a copy when moving to another hospital, and that a file is never handed to a stranger without written consent.

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Read the passage and answer the question. Passage: Every hospital keeps a file for each patient, and the room where those files live is called the medical records department. When a patient is admitted, a clerk opens a fresh record and notes the patient's name, age, address and the complaint that brought the patient in. Every test report, prescription and doctor's note that follows is added to the same file in the order in which it arrives, so that anyone who opens the file can follow the whole story of the illness from the first visit to the last. The records serve three purposes. Doctors use them to decide the next step in treatment, the hospital uses them to count how many patients were treated and for what, and the patient can ask for a copy when moving to another hospital. Because the files contain private details, only authorised staff may handle them, and a file is never handed to a stranger without the patient's written consent. Which of the following is true about the passage?

1.
Patient files are destroyed after the first visit
2.
Any visitor may read a patient file on request
3.
Only doctors are allowed to open a patient file
4.
A patient can ask for a copy of the record when moving to another hospital

Correct Answer: A patient can ask for a copy of the record when moving to another hospital

The passage states that the patient can ask for a copy when moving to another hospital, and that a file is never handed to a stranger without written consent.

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