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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Texas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care

© 2024 Yi-Chin Lee / Houston Chronicle

A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients from the nation's largest pediatric hospital who were not under his care.

Federal prosecutors said Dr. Eithan Haim, a 34-year-old surgeon, snatched the information and shared it with a conservative activist with “intent to cause malicious harm” to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.

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