UCLA Medical Workers Fired For Looking At Britney's Records!

UCLA Medical Center is firing at least 13 employees an has suspended six others for looking at Britney Spears' computerized records, reports the LA Times. Six doctors are also being disciplined for accessing the confidential files.

This isn't the first case of employee's snooping into Spears' records -- several workers were caught snooping into her medical files after the birth of Sean Preston in September 2005 and some were fired.

The Times' report says those being fired had not accessed files pertaining to Spears' most recent hospitalization in the psychiatric ward, but from previous hospitalizations. The hospital says they do routine checks on the digital trail connected to patients' files to learn of any possible patient privacy breaches.

Of those being fired, none is a doctor and the union leader representing the health workers who are being fired said she hopes the punishments are being administered fairly, insinuating that by not firing any doctors, the hospital may be acting inconsistently in their discipline of the offenders.

Is it possible the hospital's investigation could lead back to media outlets and individual reporters who may have offered money to UCLA employees for information on Britney? I guess we'll soon find out!