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sawyouoverthere t1_j650zk8 wrote

Reply to comment by Majestic_Yoghurt2409 in Conjoined twin girls separated at Cook Children's Medical Center by leslie_n0pe

I don't know why they bothered to add that detail, since most people would not care where they took their children to hospital, unless it was the hospitalised children in question or they were currently in treatment there.

It's clumsy enough to not be just clumsy, but misleading.

eta: not only that but there are a lot more stories that say they were "adding to a family of five" and that there are three other children.

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Majestic_Yoghurt2409 t1_j6525q2 wrote

One of them gets regular treatment for sickle cell, but I agree it is misleading. There is a much better and detailed article you can read through the hospital's website.

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sawyouoverthere t1_j652x5i wrote

Yes...so not just "like a patient at a dr practice" then I guess, but being treated by the hospital as written. Not that SCA is anything to do with the conjoined twins, I don't think (I have no idea if there's any particular risk factor for conjoining)

But also....isn't that nearing a HIPAA violation to reveal who is a patient, when it's not part of the story in question? (I suppose the parents may have given consent for that to be shared)

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ontopofyourmom t1_j66ds1o wrote

It would only be a HIPAA violation if the hospital or insurance company made the disclosure.

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