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Hospital Authority
The Hospital Authority manages Hong Kong's 41 public hospitals and institutions, and their services, along with 48 specialist out-patient clinics and 74 general out-patient clinics.
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Probe launched into data loss
February 18, 2011
Kwai Chung Hospital has apologised for the loss of a USB flash drive containing patient data, and has launched an investigation into the incident.
An occupational therapist at the hospital lost her personal USB flash drive on February 16. She reported the loss to Police. It contains records and reports on 59 patients. The device is not encrypted or password protected.
The hospital has reported the case to the Hospital Authority and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. It is contacting the patients and their families to inform them of the incident. So far it has not received any enquiries or reports related to the data leak.
