Anderson v. Strong Memorial Hospital

Order insofar as appealed from unanimously affirmed with costs. Memorandum: We affirm that portion of the order denying defendants’ motion to dismiss causes of action for breach of the physician-patient privilege of confidentiality. We disagree, however, with Special Term’s conclusion that, by permitting the news media to be present in the waiting room of the infectious disease unit, the hospital and Dr. Valenti breached the confidentiality privilege (see, Anderson v Strong Mem,. Hosp., 140 Misc 2d 770, 776). The mere fact that members of the news media, or any members of the public, are…