Possible privacy breach at Pickering long-term care home hard-hit by coronavirus

By Ryan Rocca Global News

Posted May 10, 2020 4:18 pm EST

Updated May 12, 2020 8:12 am EST

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Families who have lost loved ones at Orchard Villa are devastated after hearing of a possible breach of information at the home. The province said in a tweet over the weekend that individual health information may have been compromised. – May 11, 2020

A possible privacy breach has been reported at a Pickering long-term care home that’s been hard-hit by a novel coronavirus outbreak.

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Long-term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton said the possible breach is regarding “individual resident personal health info” at Orchard Villa long-term care.

A spokesperson for the home confirmed to Global News that an internal investigation was conducted, but further information regarding the breach wasn’t provided.

“We can confirm there is a possibility of a privacy breach of personal health information,” the spokesperson said.

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“We have informed the privacy commissioner and an internal investigation has been conducted. We will not be commenting further at this time.”

Orchard Villa has been particularly hard hit with an outbreak of COVID-19. According to the Ministry of Long-Term Care, there have been 69 resident deaths at the 233-bed facility.