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LAKE MARY POLICE FIND DOCTOR’S OFFICE RECORDS IN DUMPSTER March 17, 2010
Michael Branch, a Lake Mary doctor, was instructed by local police to properly dispose of patient records found in a… Read More
MEDICAL PILLS, FILES FOUND IN ABANDONED ST. BERNARD NURSING HOME March 8, 2010
Local residents discovered abandoned records in a nursing home closed since Hurricane Katrina—nearly 5 years ago. The records were discovered… Read More
MEDICAL RECORDS MAY END UP ON THE AUCTION BLOCK March 4, 2010
Patients of a St. Petersburg doctor were understandably nervous when they learned that their former physician had abandoned a storage… Read More