‘Urgent’ HSE report demanded by data commissioner

THE Data Protection Commissioner has demanded an “urgent report” from the HSE into how hundreds of confidential hospital patient files could end up in a disused dump outside Cork city.

A statement issued yesterday by the commissioner’s office confirmed it had learned via the Irish Examiner of the discovery of medical files at a former landfill near the village of Glounthaune.

The commissioner was subsequently informed of the situation by the HSE.