The University of California’s prestigious medical center is planning to fire at least 13 employees for reading pop star Britney Spears’ private health records, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Citing someone familiar with the matter, the newspaper said at least six others had been suspended for snooping and six more faced disciplinary action.
Spears, 26, was admitted to the UCLA Medical Center’s psychiatric ward on January 31 amid concerns for her mental health, and released six days later. However, the Times said the staff were being disciplined over a previous incident.
The newspaper also said it was not the first time staff had been caught peeking.
Hospital officials had disciplined workers for looking at Spears’ records after she gave birth to her first son, Sean Preston, in 2005 at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, it said.
“It’s not only surprising, it’s very frustrating and it’s very disappointing,” Jeri Simpson, the Santa Monica hospital’s human resources director, told the Times.
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