“I was able to take a photograph of them without being challenged”.
Alleging that the files are unsupervised while on the gurney he said there is a brick wall between the files and the receptionist.
. “They are physically out of her sight and while there are other hospital staff passing up and down, I think this represents a very serious breach of personal privacy and even security.
“What if someone took advantage of knowing that a particular address is going to be empty while that person attends their medical appointment? Criminals don’t let that kind of information get by them. All it would take is a phone-call to an associate and the house is burgled”.
The man, who was attending the clinic with a relative, said that while he has not seen anyone interfere with the files, he is concerned that it could happen.
“The receptionist is a lovely lady but she would be completely unaware if someone who shouldn’t be, was reading a file or checking an address. There is physically no way she could stop them.
Repeated enquiries from the Limerick Post have elicited no response from the HSE.