The apparent data breach was brought to the attention of Drogheda Senator Ged Nash who has called for an urgent investigation.The details also indicate they were all patients on a particular ward in the hospital last month .
Their dates of birth, family situations and medical conditions and treatments were all detailed on the sheets which appeared to be information to be passed from one medical professional to another. Senator Nash said, “This is completely unacceptable and hospital management must report this egregious compromising of private and deeply sensitive personal information to the Data Protection Commissioner.“Some very elderly and vulnerable patients have had the most personal and confidential information imaginable about their health situation strewn in a suburban housing estate for all to see.”
He is calling for “an urgent investigation must take place and confidence in data management at the Lourdes must be restored. That confidence has been tested yet again.”