A Moncton doctor who checked the medical files of more than 100 young women has been fired.
Dr. Fernando Rojas Lievano accessed 141 electronic patient files on 350 separate occasions – all women, all between the ages of 13 and 39.
Dr. Ed Schollenberg, registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick, confirmed Thursday he received notice this week from the local health authority that Rojas had been fired.
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Schollenberg said there had been a “great deal of anxiety” among staff at Moncton’s Dr. Georges L. Dumont Hospital Centre about his potential return to work.
The 52-year-old physician had been on various forms of leave since shortly after the allegations came to light.
Rojas admitted snooping on the women’s files, according to a 2014 report by the province’s privacy commissioner.
Jean-Rene Noel, communications director for the health agency, Vitalite Health Network, says measures have been taken to ensure such breaches do not happen again.
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