Some Nunavummiut who are registered as patients at the Winnipeg ChildrenSA国际影视传媒檚 Hospital are among 54 people whose health records were stolen last week.

The specific number of Nunavummiut affected wonSA国际影视传媒檛 be revealed publicly due to privacy concerns, stated a spokesperson with ManitobaSA国际影视传媒檚 Shared Health, a provincial health care organization.

The information, which was kept in a locked file cabinet, was taken during a break-in at the hospital between Oct. 22-23, sometime in the night or early morning hours, according to a news release from Shared Health. The stolen records relate to two daysSA国际影视传媒� worth of scheduled surgical procedures.

Patient information contained in the stolen records could include the following:
SA国际影视传媒� Patient name and medical record number
SA国际影视传媒� Health identification numbers
SA国际影视传媒� Date of birth
SA国际影视传媒� PatientsSA国际影视传媒� phone number and address
SA国际影视传媒� Contact personSA国际影视传媒檚 name, phone number, address and relationship
SA国际影视传媒� Diagnosis and type of procedure
SA国际影视传媒� Name of surgeon
SA国际影视传媒� Allergies

Shared Health stated that anyone affected by this breach of privacy will receive a letter from Shared HealthSA国际影视传媒檚 chief privacy officer.

SA国际影视传媒淎t this point, there is no indication that patients need to take any further action to guard their personal health information as a result of this breach,SA国际影视传媒� Shared HealthSA国际影视传媒檚 news release reads.

Ronan Segrave, chief operating officer of the Health Sciences Centre, added, SA国际影视传媒淲e want to assure our patients and their families that we are taking every measure to ensure this type
of incident does not happen again in the future. We can provide families with our assurance that we have no evidence to indicate this was a targetted event, and offer our sincere
apologies for the concern this information is sure to cause.SA国际影视传媒�

Winnipeg Police Service is investigating the incident.