Commonly when a patient is referred to another doctor usually a specialist or super specialist, after examining the patient, the concerned doctor used to send a letter thanking the referral doctor and also his/her findings for the doctor to know about the diagnosis of the patient after investigating the patient and coming to a conclusion. Unfortunately, nowadays this practice is rarely practiced . They can even call the doctor concerned and discuss the decision.
Apart from that, from a peripheral hospital with fewer facilities when a rare case is diagnosed and sent to corporate hospitals, there is no specific letter addressed to the doctor but only discharge summary is given. The rare case diagnosis is not even given recognition to the doctor. Unless the basic doctor diagnoses the condition and refers because of the facilities are not available the specialist or super specialist will…
