PHIPA DECISION 191

The complainant submitted a request for access to all records relating to the death of her husband, who was admitted to the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital conducted two searches and granted the complainant access to the roughly 800 pages of records that it located. The complainant challenged the reasonableness of the hospital’s search for records. In this decision, the adjudicator finds that the hospital conducted a reasonable search for responsive records in accordance with its obligations under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004. She dismisses the complaint.