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IE: Patient documents must have ‘blown out of’ doctor’s hand

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Dissent

The Dundalk Democrat reports:

Councillor Tomás Sharkey has hit out at the latest breach of patient privacy in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.

“Last week patients and their families received calls from management of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. The call was to apologise for the fact that personal files, found in a public place in Drogheda were handed in to LMFM radio station. I have been contacted by a small number of people affected by this.

[…]

“The hospital manager made a verbal apology on behalf of the hospital and explained that the files must have blown out of the doctors hands while going to a car.

How many papers was the doctor holding in his hands walking to car, and WHY would he be holding them in his hands that way? And if papers blow out of your hands, don’t you just go retrieve them?

I’m having a tough time believing this explanation.

Read more on Dundalk Democrat.

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