The court providently exercised its discretion in admitting limited portions of a nontestifying victim's medical records in which he reported that he had been struck with a handgun, and there was no violation of the hearsay rule or the Confrontation Clause. The particular type of object that caused the victim's injuries was relevant to diagnosis and treatment (see People v Ortega,
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