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Privacy commissioner investigating after man finds information of 60 patients on back of prescription

August 16, 2017

A Toronto man is raising concerns about the privacy of patients after he discovered what he believes are the names, birth dates and health card numbers of 60 people on the back of a prescription printed for his wife by her family doctor.

Last month, Eddie Soltani’s wife had an appointment with Dr. Michael Lai in downtown Toronto.

Her husband picked her up and they were about to fill the prescription when Soltani says he discovered a list on the other side containing what he believes is personal information of Lai’s patients.

Read more at CBC News

Filed Under: Government Tagged With: Canadas health care system, health data breach

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