Order reversed insofar as appealed from, with $50 costs and disbursements, the third decretal paragraph is deleted therefrom and it is directed that the portion of the hospital record in question be subject to discovery and inspection.
Since the action is based upon a claim of personal injury arising out of medical malpractice, there is no doctor-patient privilege (see Koump v Smith,
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