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N.Y. Hospital Suspends Employees for Prying Into Girl's Medical File

The New York City public hospital system said it will suspend 39 employees without pay for peeking at the private medical records of a 7-year-old girl whose death from beatings and torture prompted an overhaul of New York's child welfare system. Suspensions will range from 30 to 60 days, and those facing suspension include nurses, doctors, technicians and some clerical staff.

Prying N.Y. Hospital Workers Suspended, Associated Press, September 23, 2006.