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NY: EMT posted patient’s confidential info from ambulance, alleges lawsuit

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Dissent

The Staten Island Advance reports:

Thanksgiving 2019 is a day one Stapleton resident will never forget.

But for all the wrong reasons.

An emergency medical technician posted Jermaine Williams’ confidential medical information and cell-phone number online that night without his consent, a lawsuit alleges.

And others saw it, William’s lawyer said.

At the time, Williams was being transported in an ambulance to a hospital on Staten Island, alleges a civil complaint.

Williams has sued the city, the Fire Department and EMT Diane Wagerik over the alleged Nov. 28, 2019 incident.

Read more on SILive.

 

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