UK: Laptop with 5,000 medical records stolen

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/laptop-with-5000-medical-records-stolen-782190.html

A laptop containing the medical records of more than 5,000 patients has 
been stolen from a hospital, it was revealed today.

The computer was taken from the outpatients department at Russells Hall 
Hospital in Dudley, West Midlands, on January 8.

It contains a database with information on 5,123 anticoagulation patients, 
the hospital said.

Letters have been sent to those affected and police have launched an 
investigation.

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