Abstract: A medical access shirt which includes a lower portion adapted to cover a person's torso, a right sleeve portion and a left sleeve portion connected to the lower portion. The upper part of the shirt includes front, back, right and left flaps. The front and back flaps are integral with the lower portion. Each flap has a top edge and a pair of side edges. Each flap has a top edge and a pair of side edges. The side edges of each of the front and back flaps have first releasable fastening elements for attachably engaging second releasable fastening elements at the side edges of the left and right side flaps so that the upper edges of the flaps form an annular collar and an access opening is formed between each pair of adjoining side edges of the flaps at the lower ends of the flaps.