Federal prosecutors have dropped the case against a Texas doctor who called himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors and was accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients who weren’t under his care.

The dismissal of the case against Dr. Eithan Haim in U.S. district court in Houston comes as the Trump administration in its first week has already issued executive orders rolling back transgender rights.

Prosecutors had said that Haim, a 34-year-old surgeon, took the information and shared it with a conservative activist with “intent to cause malicious harm” to Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, one of the nation’s largest pediatric hospitals.

Haim works in the Dallas area but had previously worked at Texas Children’s Hospital as part of his residency. The indictment alleged that Haim asked to reactivate his login there and in 2023 began accessing information on pediatric patients not under his care and then turned it over to a media contact.

  • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
    24•2 days ago

    The indictment alleged that Haim asked to reactivate his login there and in 2023 began accessing information on pediatric patients not under his care and then turned it over to a media contact.

    And here’s a reminder that HIPAA exists in large part due to doctors/nurses basically blackmailing politicians and celebrities. If a senator showed up in a doctor’s office with the clap, medical staff would threaten to sell that info (basically saying they were having an affair or got cheated on) to the tabloids unless the politician paid up. Or even worse, if they were diagnosed with HIV, the medical staff would out them as gay.