George Clooney doesn't want anyone else to suffer · 2007-10-10 20:13
Injured in New Jersey last month, George Clooney doesn't want anyone else to suffer as result of his motorcycle crash.
After hearing that as many as 40 Palisades Medical Center employees are being investigated ??“ and more than two dozen already suspended without pay ??“ for allegedly leaking Clooney's and girlfriend Sarah Larson's private medical records to the media, the actor threw his support behind the staff, People Magazine reports.
"This is the first I've heard of it," Clooney, 46, said in a statement Tuesday. "And while I very much believe in a patient's right to privacy, I would hope that this could be settled without suspending medical workers."
Suspicions were raised shortly after the accident when the press had details about the couple's medial conditions ??“ Clooney suffered a fractured rib and Larson broke her big toe ??“ WCBS 2 in New Jersey reports. Leaking confidential information is a violation of federal law.
According to WCBS, hospital employees who were not treating Clooney themselves accessed his medical records via the hospital computer system, with one security guard going so far as to give out the phone number of one of Clooney's family members.
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