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Hiv status confidentiality
  • 23 May 2017

    ER v. LI KWOK CHANG, LAWRENCE

    Citation
    ER v. LI KWOK CHANG, LAWRENCE
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCEO10/2016

    The court ordered discovery in the scope requested because the medical records from October 2014 to January 2015 (Dr John Simon), January to August 2015 (Professor van Hasselt), and records at Shatin Union Hospital concerning the specified operations are relevant and proportionate to determine whether the respondent's postponement and refusal to perform the surgery were discriminatory; limited disclosure (including viral load and antiretroviral therapy information) was acceptable and privacy concerns did not outweigh the respondent's need for the records; order made in terms of the summons in…