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Data breach that may have exposed 200,000 Ontario home care patients information ‘appalling’, MPP says

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Liberal health critic Adil Shamji is accusing the Ford government of a “dereliction of duty” after an alleged data breach exposed personal information of 200,000 Ontario home-care patients. “It is appalling that the Ministry of Health and Ontario Health atHome would allow the data of nearly one third of all home care patients to be compromised without informing them or taking action for nearly three and a half months,” he said in an interview with Metroland Media.

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Data breach that may have exposed 200,000 Ontario home care patients information ‘appalling’, says Liberal health critic

Provincial agency Ontario Health atHome directed to take steps 'to ensure this never happens again'

·New Hamburg, Canada
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Patient information was visible in a wardrobe window at Ahus The papers contained several confidential information about 50 patients, including full names, dates of birth and diagnoses, writes Romerikes Blad. It was in May that a stack of papers containing health information was left in a wardrobe. The hospital states that the papers have now been shredded, but that it is unknown how many people have seen them. The hospital has notified the Nor…

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Inside Ottawa Valley broke the news in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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