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Healthcare Security Weekly, November 5, 2007
A security guard at the Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center in Niagara Falls, NY reported a man with five bags of heroin and syringes who was admitted October 27 to the facility's psychiatric ward, reported The Buffalo News.
However, because of patient confidentiality rules, city police who confiscated the drugs were unable to get the man's name or make an arrest. Police asked for the man's name, but hospital staff members consulted administrators and the hospital attorney before they rejected the police request, reported the newspaper.
Police are seeking a woman who visited the man who they suspect of smuggling in the drugs, the News reported.
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