51.   Two weeks later, a health department inspection revealed dirty and unsafe surgical instruments, inadequately trained personnel and incomplete patient records.

52.   U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala today called for legislation to protect privacy of patient medical records.

53.   Upon discovering the patient records, Ms. Prime contacted state officials to expose what she and legal experts called a growing threat to privacy in the computer age.

54.   When the Sabbath ends, the doctors can photocopy their patient records before the ink disappears.

55.   Who would want to steal patient records?

56.   Yet after analyzing patient records and pharmacy claims in the six months after the wrists were broken, the researchers found a serious failure to diagnose and treat osteoporosis.

57.   Counseling and aid groups have spent the past weeks organizing their patient records for investigators and asking alleged victims if they would be willing to testify in court.

58.   Executives have scoured patient records for additional data to shore up the application.

59.   Insurers say they need access to patient records in deciding about coverage.

60.   Nigel Crisp, chief executive of the beleaguered NHS, said he would conduct random checks of patient records and lists and fire workers who falsified medical information.