Hospital group investigating after patient notes found 'outside the grounds of the hospital'

Labour Senator Ged Nash is calling on the Data Protection Commissioner to investigate the discovery of hospital patient notes in a garden in Drogheda earlier this week.

Update: The hospital group which oversees Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has admitted that patient information was found "outside the grounds of the hospital".

It follows a report of hospital patient notes being found in a garden in Drogheda earlier this week.