My father was in world war II. He wa in a military hospital for 16 months of treatment of typhoid and malaria. He died two years ago, his last medical record was at Veterans In Louisville, Kentucky. Do they destroy those records or would they give them to me? Does any one have any idea who I would contact ? Would the hospital release them? Or would another office be responsible for that? Marcia Barnes

Marcia, The new HIPAA laws protect the medical records of the dead just as those of the living are protected. You can get your father's medical records if you can prove that you're the executor of his estate, or if you have the written permission and signature of the person who is the executor. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: Marcia Barnes To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:46 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] medical records My father was in world war II. He wa in a military hospital for 16 months of treatment of typhoid and malaria. He died two years ago, his last medical record was at Veterans In Louisville, Kentucky. Do they destroy those records or would they give them to me? Does any one have any idea who I would contact ? Would the hospital release them? Or would another office be responsible for that? Marcia Barnes ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

p.s., Marcia, I was assuming you were talking about recent medical records. If you mean old ones, from his time of service, then you can get them. Here's a place to start, plus there are scads of people on this message board who can help you. Sorry if I misunderstood. Barbara again ----- Original Message ----- From: Marcia Barnes To: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:46 PM Subject: [WORLD WAR II] medical records My father was in world war II. He wa in a military hospital for 16 months of treatment of typhoid and malaria. He died two years ago, his last medical record was at Veterans In Louisville, Kentucky. Do they destroy those records or would they give them to me? Does any one have any idea who I would contact ? Would the hospital release them? Or would another office be responsible for that? Marcia Barnes ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== We are an international list! Please, always tell the list what country your ancestor is from. This helps all of us, especially you! If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx