This story is from July 14, 2020

Data of patients in public domain

Data of patients in public domain
Health officials are under pressure to ensure safe data processing of Covid patients in the Nilgiris, but a part of the confidential data has found its way out to family Whatsapp groups. Several relatives of Covid-19 patients have complained that the names, addresses and contact numbers of patients have been made public.
“Officials should take strict action to ensure data is safe.
Privacy of a patient should be maintained at any cost,” said K Kannan, a relative of a Covid-19 patient.
When informed of the data leak, Dr P.Balusamy, deputy director of public health, said, “Compiled daily data of details of patients are sent to various departments, including revenue and police. Data sharing procedure among departments on the frontline is unavoidable”. TNN
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