Kim victim of privacy breach at hospital

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IANS Los Angeles
Last Updated : Jul 14 2013 | 3:45 PM IST

Socialite Kim Kardashian is one of the 14 patients whose medical records were improperly accessed by the employees of Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre here.

The 32-year-old socialite delivered her first child, daughter North West, at Cedars-Sinai June 15 and checked out about a week later, reports tmz.com

The LA Times newspaper revealed that six people were fired for privacy breaches involving the medical records of 14 patients June 18-24.

Kim was contacted by the hospital to let her know she was one of the patients whose records were accessed and she is happy action was taken.

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First Published: Jul 14 2013 | 3:36 PM IST

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