Order insofar as appealed from unanimously affirmed with costs.
Memorandum:
We affirm that portion of the order denying defendants' motion to dismiss causes of action for breach of the physician-patient privilege of confidentiality. We disagree, however, with Special Term's conclusion that, by permitting the news media to be present in the waiting room of the infectious disease unit, the hospital and Dr. Valenti breached the confidentiality privilege (see...
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