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Winnipeg Free Press
7 hours ago
- Health
- Winnipeg Free Press
Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients' info
TORONTO – Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is investigating an alleged breach of 200,000 home care patients' personal health data. Liberal health critic Adil Shamji says he has unearthed information that an Ontario Health atHome data breach affecting at least 200,000 patients occurred in mid-March and was never disclosed to the public. He has not revealed how he knows about the alleged breach, but has asked the Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate. Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Patricia Kosseim has told Shamji her office has received a report of a privacy breach that aligns with his information. Ontario Health atHome is responsible for co-ordinating in-home and community-based care. The province says Ontario Health atHome is investigating one particular vendor that held that data and whether private information was taken. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 27, 2025.
CTV News
7 hours ago
- Health
- CTV News
Data breach may have impacted health information of 200K Ontarians
Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health speaks during Question Period at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Ontario Health Minister Silvia Jones says that an investigation is underway into a reported data breach at a third-party vendor amid claims that the personal health information of approximately 200,000 Ontarians may have been accessed. Liberal MPP Adil Shamji issued a news release on Friday in which he claimed that a breach involving the data of Ontario Health atHome patients occurred on March 17 but has not been disclosed to the public. In his release. Shamji called on the Information and Privacy Commissioner (lowercase since not before a name? not sure) to investigate the breach and demanded that Premier Doug Ford provide an explanation for 'three-and-a-half months of inaction.' Asked about the matter during an unrelated news conference on Friday, Jones confirmed that an investigation is ongoing. Jones, however, did not directly respond to a question on whether private medical records were in fact accessed. 'Ontario Health is absolutely investigating right now. We have a division that focuses on any potential cyberbreach and it is standard operating (procedure) that we will notify (the public) if there has been any form of breach to individual patients but that investigation is going on right now,' Ontario Health atHome is an organization that co-ordinates access to health care support at home and in the community. In a letter sent to Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim, Shamji claimed that the breach may have compromised the health records of 'nearly one-third of all homecare patients in our province.' Shamji said that he notified the PC government about the breach on June 20, however during a media availability on Friday Ford seemed to suggest that he was not previously aware of the matter. 'As the minister just said they are doing an investigation and that will come out and we will find out where the gap is and why it wasn't brought to our attention a lot earlier,' he said. 'Health records are sacred in Ontario. Anyone who breaches health care records needs to be fired immediately, they need to be gone, charged, that is what needs to happen here in Ontario.'
CTV News
8 hours ago
- Health
- CTV News
Investigation into possible third-party data breach involving health information of 200K Ontarians underway: minister
Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health speaks during Question Period at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston Health Minister Silvia Jones says that an investigation is underway into a reported data breach at a third-party vendor amid claims that the personal health information of approximately 200,000 Ontarians may have been accessed. Liberal MPP Adil Shamji issued a news release on Friday in which he claimed that a breach involving the data of Ontario Health atHome patients occurred on March 17 but has not been disclosed to the public. In his release. Shamji called on the Information and Privacy Commissioner to investigate the breach and demanded that Premier Doug Ford provide an explanation for 'three-and-a-half months of inaction.' Asked about the matter during an unrelated news conference on Friday, Jones confirmed that an investigation is ongoing. Jones, however, did not directly respond to a question on whether private medical records were in fact accessed. 'Ontario Health is absolutely investigating right now. We have a division that focuses on any potential cyberbreach and it is standard operating (procedure) that we will notify (the public) if there has been any form of breach to individual patients but that investigation is going on right now,' Ontario Health atHome is an organization that coordinates access to health care support at home and in the community. In a letter sent to Information and Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim, Shamji claimed that the breach may have compromised the health records of 'nearly one-third of all homecare patients in our province.' Shamji said that he notified the PC government about the breach on June 20, however during a media availability on Friday Ford seemed to suggest that he was not previously aware of the matter. 'As the minister just said they are doing an investigation and that will come out and we will find out where the gap is and why it wasn't brought to our attention a lot earlier,' he said. 'Health records are sacred in Ontario. Anyone who breaches health care records needs to be fired immediately, they need to be gone, charged, that is what needs to happen here in Ontario.'
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Ontario measles outbreak crosses 1000; Quebec, New Brunswick declare infection over
Ontario is facing a massive medical scare with outbreak of measles overwhelming its public health infrastructure. The most populous province of Canada has 1,020 measles cases, with 884 infected people as confirmed cases while doctors classify the remaining 136 as probable. While there have been no deaths, 76 infected people have been hospitalized including seven who had to be admitted to the intensive care units. #Pahalgam Terrorist Attack Pakistan suspends Simla pact: What it means & who's affected What is India's defence muscle if it ever has to attack? Can Pakistan afford a full-scale war with India? The rapid spread of the infection in Ontario comes just a few days after the measles outbreak in another province - Quebec was declared to have come to an end. Quebec, which shares its borders with Ontario, reported the first measles case in December 2024 and was declared over after reaching 40 in mid April 2025. But the situation is far more grim in Ontario where the 'cases are only going up', according to Liberal public-health critic Adil Shamji. Addressing a a press conference on Thursday (April 25), Shamji added, "The last time that we had an outbreak like this in Canada, Google search hadn't been invented yet and Brian Mulroney (1984 to 1993) was our prime minister." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Play War Thunder now for free War Thunder Play Now Undo Canada's first measles case was in New Brunswick in October 2024. The infected person had travelled to the region carrying the virus. By January 2025 the total number of cases in New Brunswick had reached 50 after which the public health authorities declared the outbreak over. Measles has been reported from Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Alberta health officials have reported 129 confirmed cases till April 25. Live Events Ontario's 15 public-health units have reported measles but the worst-affected are Southwestern Public Health, Grand Erie and Huron Perth. The three units together account for over 600 infections till date. According to the official data , Ontario reported less than 10 percent of the cases between 2013 and 2023, but the situation took a turn for the worse in late 2024 and 2025. While a highly contagious disease, measles is usually not a serious medical condition except infants and small children. It can affect anyone but can be easily prevented by getting vaccinated. Once infected, the person develops life-long immunity to the disease. The measles virus spreads through the air by droplets produced during coughing or sneezing by an infected person. The symptoms take about 10 to 14 days to manifest. They are cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever and a red, blotchy skin rash.
