Winnipeg the latest scene of improperly sent medical records

Last Update: August 9th, 2021

In the latest case of medical records being faxed to the wrong location, today’s news is that a Winnipeg woman’s fax machine has been receiving medical records for the past year.

As is typical of situations like these, faxes arriving at the woman’s fax machine about a year ago. After a number of calls to the local health authority, she was told that the faxes would stop – they did for a few months, then she started receiving them again.

The local health authority has listed the cause of the problem an improper fax number on a contact listing.