Health officials are apologizing after a nurse 's bag was stolen containing some personal health information , potentially impacting dozens of people . " On behalf of the health region , ( I ) want to apologize to the 67 people whose client information has been stolen , " said Real Cloutier , chief operating officer for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority . On Jan. 14 , a bag belonging to an on - duty , part - time nurse with the WRHA Community Intravenous Program was stolen from an unattended parked vehicle , which was parked near a downtown residential area . According to the WRHA , the bag contained information regarding the nurse 's schedule and some personal health information of some clients . " The documents were in a case in a car and the car was broken into and the entire case and files have disappeared , " said Cloutier . " Our policies are very clear that client information is not to remain in a car . " Nurses and homecare workers are permitted to carry client information with them , but it must be on their person , said Cloutier . The stolen documents were client information sheets , not entire medical records . Those summary sheets include a person 's name , address , health information number and general information about medical history . They do not contain detailed health information one would find in a record . The health region has filed a police report and is working with officers as they investigate . The WRHA does not believe the theft was targeted to steal personal health information . Between Jan. 14 - 21 , health officials compiled a list of clients whose information might have been included . As a result , 67 people were identified . The health authority said the clients have been notified by phone call of the theft and given additional contact information for any further inquiries . This recent breach is unlike a September 2014 incident , where hundreds of confidential medical files were compromised after a doctor 's laptop was stolen . However , one Winnipeg privacy lawyer said no matter the scope or depth of a breach , leaked information could still be damaging for some . " You do n't need the full panoply of information about a person to see that sometimes leakage of what might appear , in most cases , to be benign information might actually be quite damaging , " said Bryan Schwartz , a professor of law at the University of Manitoba . Schwartz still practices law and has specialized in a number of areas including privacy . He said there 's no way to eliminate the risk of a breach entirely , and adds there might be a greater harm to having no means of passing along information . " There could be all kinds of situations where more information actually reduces the risks to the patient and actually increases quality of care , " said Schwartz . The WRHA stressed it takes client and patient privacy " very seriously " ; adding there are policies and procedures in place to prevent these types of incidents from happening . The nurse in question is currently under a review looking at the severity of the breach and whether it included malintention ; the process is expected to wrap up soon . " I 'm sure the individual is horrified , as much as everyone else , over this event , and I can almost guarantee you this will not happen again with this individual , " said Cloutier . " I chalk this up to a pretty dramatic learning experience for this staff member . " ;