Physical therapy office dumps patient files in Monticello

A medical provider that left its Monticello office months ago apparently didn't have time to follow those pesky patient privacy laws before it departed, according to the Times Herald-Record:

Lydia Truglio-Chavdarova, who works at a nearby RadioShack, said the company left months ago.

She said a stack of about 15 boxes appeared outside the office's back door a week ago. A few days later, the stack was moved to the front-loader's bucket. “I thought someone was going to pick them up, and they never did,” she said.

Truglio-Chavdarova eventually peered into one of the boxes. What she saw startled her, she said.

“I couldn't believe it – the fact that there's hundreds of identities out there that can get stolen,” she said.

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