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Another NHS hospital stricken with Conficker virus
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| Computer systems at the West Middlesex
| University Hospital NHS Trust were infected by
| the worm last Friday, leaving hospital staff
| unable to book appointments via computer. The
| outbreak has been contained but some hospital IT
| systems remain unavailable, resulting in ongoing
| delays to patients and affecting the smooth
| running of the medical facility.
|
| A hospital spokeswoman told El Reg that the
| malware infection, identified as the Conficker-
| A, struck on Friday afternoon. "Most of the
| computers had to be cleaned, so we've had to
| rely on a pen and paper system to book
| appointments. Technicians worked over the
| weekend to clean up systems. Priority systems
| are running but the clean-up is likely to last
| until the end of the week."
|
| [...]
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| The hospital has 400 beds and employs 1,900
| staff to serve the needs of 400,000 residents in
| the London boroughs of Hounslow and Richmond-
| upon-Thames.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/18/conficker_nhs/
Related:
Hospitals need open source in IT: expert
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| OPEN source software offers one cure for
| clinical system implementation woes, as
| authorities struggle to find solutions that
| meet all medical requirements, a leading
| health informatics researcher says.
|
| "Some of the greatest efficiency gains in
| the health sector will come from open source
| software, rather than packages supplied by
| large corporations," said Professor Jon
| Patrick of the University of Sydney's School
| of Information Technologies. "It's not in
| industry's long-term interests to come up
| with efficient and interoperable systems.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26271153-15306,00.html
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