By Brian Mylar, KSAT
SAN ANTONIO – A box full of medical documents containing sensitive personal information from patients that was found in a recycling dumpster sparked a KSAT-12 Defenders investigation.
Recycling dumpster. (Photo from KSAT)
A good Samaritan alerted the Defenders to the dumpster outside a church in Alamo Heights.
Inside was a treasure trove of medical documents from the offices of Dr. Huyen Nguyen and Dr. Orlando Kypuros.
There were documents regarding patients’ medical conditions as well as social security numbers and drivers license numbers.
The Defenders boxed up all documents that could be recovered and kept them under lock and key while the search for an explanation begins.
In a phone call, Nguyen explained that the release of the documents was a terrible mistake and that she would look into it.
Meanwhile, the Defenders returned documents that belonged to Pat Heaney, a retired Air Force Colonel.
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