Medical records discovered in garbage truck, landfill

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

[Courtesy of Dusty]


http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=10570404

Medical records discovered in garbage truck, landfill
Posted: Jun 21, 2009 9:55 PM MDT
Posted by Cody Holyoke

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - When Terri Neill and Ricky Holmes dropped off some 
trash in front of Cramton Bowl on Saturday, they stumbled across some 
folders.

These folders didn't look like they belonged around a garbage truck.

"There were medical files inside the truck and all over the ground around 
the truck.  Files with names, numbers, and information," Neill said.

They found folder upon folder, labeled "Radiology Department, Baptist 
Medical Center, and they were by no means empty.

"They had either x-rays, ultrasounds, MRIs. In fact, in the back of [the 
one I have], there's a copy of the report written by the doctor," Neill 
explained.

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