Massive Shredding Of Charter Hospital Medical Records

Charter Hospitals, which had been the nation's largest chain of psychiatric hospitals, went bankrupt. At one time Charter operated 90 hospitals around the country. Some of the hospitals were sold and continued in business under other names, but many closed for good. I have recently learned that most, if not all, of the medical records generated by the Charter Hospitals that closed for good have been shredded. There was no money to pay for continued storage of the medical records. Apparently, the state governments in the states in which Charter had operated were offered the records, but most, if not all of them declined to accept the records.

This is awful, just dreadful. There should be laws to prevent this from happening. This can affect the outcome of Social Security disability cases.