Re: Hippa law violation?

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On 4/24/07, rober2u wrote:
> My wife and I recently had a baby. Unfortunately, he died
> the next day. He was very sick. We were devistated. The
> night after he died, while at the hospital, we received
> several phone calls on my wife's cell phone at
> approximately 1:00am. We ignored the first few calls, but
> then we gave up and my wife answered the phone. A lady
> who was not affiliated with the hospital stated that she
> heard our baby died and she wanted to know if we would
> like to donate are baby's organs and tissue. We were
> shocked. She put a ton of pressure on us to make a
> decision right then and there. My wife was a mess. I
> Finally just told her to say no and hang up. We have no
> idea how this person got my wife's cell phone number. We
> did not give the hospital permission to give out our
> information. The hospital could not or would not tell us
> who gave out our information. Question: is this a
> violation of the Hippa laws of California?