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09/01/2009
Letterkenny Hospital In Dumped Documents Scandal
Letterkenny General Hospital has ordered an investigation the discovery of confidential patients' notes found dumped in a Derry alleyway.
The documents containing three pages of confidential information on headed paper were found in a back lane at Gartan Square in the Bogside area.
Reports have revealed the papers contain the names, dates of birth and medical complaints or conditions of 12 people, including a pregnant woman.
The breach has been described as "totally unacceptable" by the hospital.
The news comes as a doctor working in the North's Mid-Ulster Hospital stands accused of leaving confidential patient records in the kitchen at his shared flat, a hearing was told yesterday.
He denies the allegations, which are being heard by an Investigation Committee of the GMC.
(DW)(BMcC)
The documents containing three pages of confidential information on headed paper were found in a back lane at Gartan Square in the Bogside area.
Reports have revealed the papers contain the names, dates of birth and medical complaints or conditions of 12 people, including a pregnant woman.
The breach has been described as "totally unacceptable" by the hospital.
The news comes as a doctor working in the North's Mid-Ulster Hospital stands accused of leaving confidential patient records in the kitchen at his shared flat, a hearing was told yesterday.
He denies the allegations, which are being heard by an Investigation Committee of the GMC.
(DW)(BMcC)
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