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Toronto’s famous Ford brothers have a truly remarkable victimhood complex. For months, embattled mayor Rob Ford swore blind he was the victim of lying reporters and their lying sources, who were spinning a crazy web of lies about his drug and alcohol abuse and related spectacular misbehaviour. The whole world knows how that turned out. More recently, replacement mayoral candidate Doug Ford was heard complaining that current Mayor John Tory — whom Mr. Ford gleefully slandered left and right during the election campaign — wouldn’t participate in a charity event to help him pay back his campaign debts.

Rob Ford, who is battling cancer, does have one very legitimate grievance, however. Ironically enough he’s not upset about it — but the rest of us ought to be. Twice, at two separate hospitals in Toronto, staffers decided to help themselves to Mr. Ford’s private medical information. First Mount Sinai Hospital announced two staff members uninvolved with Mr. Ford’s case had “inappropriately” accessed his health records; days later Humber River Hospital disclosed a similar incident, saying “appropriate disciplinary action was being taken.” No further information, for example about the violators’ positions or their punishments, was forthcoming. But this week, Ontario Privacy Commissioner Brian Beamish recommended charges be laid against two University Health Network employees.