15 fired for 'Octomom' file snoop; PRIVACY.Byline: MIRROR REPORTER FIFTEEN hospital workers have been fired for illegally looking at "Octomom" Nadya Suleman's private files. The staff members were sacked from Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. Bellflower hospital near Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , where Suleman gave birth to her octuplets in January. Computer security monitoring showed everyone who accessed the files and whether or not they had a medical reason to. Hospital spokesman Jim Anderson said: "This is something we take very, very seriously. "You can only guess that this was human nature and curiosity that got the best of people." |
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