by Tony Chen

Paris Regional Medical Center has sued health blog the Paris Site for defaming the hospital and releasing confidential patient information.

Paris Regional Medical Center is seeking damages in an amount sufficient to compensate the hospital for its injuries and losses resulting from defamatory statements on the blog, as well as punitive damages for the "willful, malicious and reckless attacks" on the hospital's reputation, the News reports.

Click here to read the blog's response. An excerpt:

"This site has been an outlet for pent-up frustrations for many of us, and only a few have actually put in their real names. 'twould be a shame if they should bear the brunt of Essent's wrath."

There has been some (very random) threads here at Hospital Impact as well - click here.

What do you think?