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UK: Laptop with patient files stolen
From: rchick <rchicker () etiolated org>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:49:56 -0400
July 18, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7513602.stm A laptop containing the details of 89 patients has been stolen from Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, it has emerged. NHS Forth Valley said the break-in happened last month at the hospital's audiology department when the offices were closed. The health authority said the laptop was kept in a locked cupboard and was password-protected. It contained names, addresses and audiology details of the patients. NHS Forth Valley said the laptop had yet to be recovered and that it was working closely with Central Scotland Police on the case. [..]
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