Student, 21, might die because she can't get her OWN medical records

A student fears death if she is unable to get her own medical records after they were repossessed in a hospital bankruptcy and left tied up in litigation by creditors. 

Caitlin Secrist, 21, suffers from severe acute pancreatitis, and was left in limbo after two hospitals near her home in Florence, Arizona shut down in bankruptcy proceedings in June 2018, the Arizona Republic reported.

A surgeon a Johns Hopkins, one of the few in the county able to perform the procedure Caitlin needs, isn't able to move forward with her treatment without access to her records and scans, in order to ensure she has been given the correct diagnosis.

Meanwhile Caitlin has been left in severe pain, eating all of her food through a tube into her stomach, as the medical records of more than 300 patients are left in limbo while creditors squabble over who should pay for them.

Caitlin Secrist, 21, suffers from severe acute pancreatitis, and was left in limbo after two hospitals near her home in Florence, Arizona shut down in bankruptcy

Caitlin Secrist, 21, suffers from severe acute pancreatitis, and was left in limbo after two hospitals near her home in Florence, Arizona shut down in bankruptcy

Severe acute pancreatitis, which normally affects the elderly or heavy drinkers and drug users, is fatal in as many as 50 per cent of case, according to a 2016 study. In Caitlin's case, genetic factors appear to have caused the malfunction in her pancreas.

The medical records imbroglio began in June, when Florence Hospital at Anthem and Gilbert Hospital shut down amid bankruptcy.

A judge appointed Resolute Commercial Services as the receiver. 

Largest among the creditors is New York investment company Indigo-DLI Holdings I LLC, which sought to recoup $13 million in loans.

Though the bankruptcy litigation proceedings are complex, Indigo

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