|
|
Article: Hospitals failure to report gunshot wound called rare
- Article from:
- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- December 4, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2008 Charleston Daily Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
NEW YORK - When football star Plaxico Burress accidentally shot
himself in the leg, police were surprised to learn of it from TV -
not from the hospital, as required by law.
Lawyers and celebrity publicists said they could not recall a
similar case of a medical facility withholding information on a
criminal matter involving a famous patient.
They said a far more common problem is hospital employees leaking
information, like the Los Angeles hospital clerk who pleaded guilty
to snooping into the files of Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett and
selling the information to a tabloid.
"It's my strong impression that hospitals generally carry out
their responsibilities," said Jim Walden, a former ...