[Dataloss] MS: Thousands Of Pharmacy Records Left Behind Closed Winn Dixie

[Dave]

Courtesy pogowasright.org

http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6694881&nav=6DJI

"I received a anonymous call from a gentleman, and first I thought
that it was con call, so I listened for a while and he seemed
sincere."

He was sincere enough for Patricia Kendrick to rush to the old
Pascagoula Winn Dixie store to see if what the man said was true.

"My medical records, my prescription records mainly, was behind the
Winn Dixie Store that been shut down for a couple of years,"
Kendrick said.

"He handed me my slip that had blown down the road, along with several
prescriptions from local doctors."

Kendrick's telephone number, social security number and address were
on the papers. Hers was part of a huge pile of patient profiles,
empty drug containers and prescription papers.

So Kendrick called the authorities.

"Thousands and thousand of records," Pascagoula Compliance Officer
David Groves said, as he looked through the piles of papers.

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Dave
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