NT Health retreats from claim only five patients hit in RDH leak
Original title: AU: Northern Territory Health backtracks on claim only five patients impacted by RDH privacy breach
A visiting doctor posted pregnant patients’ records to an Instagram account with 28,000 followers; more women say they were never notified.
Northern Territory Health withdrew its claim that only five patients were affected after confidential maternity information from Royal Darwin Hospital appeared on Instagram. Overseas-trained visitor Neda Mogharehabed posted photos and videos from October 12 to 14 that showed names, ID numbers, conditions and other sensitive details. ABC found additional women who had not been told. NT Health says the posts were removed and she is no longer linked to the department.
Unconfirmed: The total number of affected patients has not been stated after the five-patient claim was withdrawn.
- The department first said only five patients were affected, then backtracked.
- Four women told ABC the media, not the hospital, was their first notice.
- Posts reached an account with 28,000 followers and have been removed.
- The visit to Royal Darwin Hospital ran from October 12 to 14.
Impact: Patient names, IDs and medical details posted publicly
- Countries
- Australia
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2 min read at databreaches.netGrace Atta reports: The Northern Territory health department has backtracked on its claim that only five patients were affected by a privacy breach that led to pregnant women’s confidential medical information being shared with 28,000 followers on Instagram by a “medical observer”. The admission comes after the ABC earlier this week contacted multiple women it...
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