IWK Health Centre

IWK Health Centre is a health care organisation headquartered in Canada. It provides health services to the population it serves. One of its service areas is an early labor and assessment unit that focuses on maternal health during the onset of labour. The centre delivers care to patients requiring obstetric evaluation and monitoring. As a health centre, it handles personal health information as part of its clinical operations. It functions within the Canadian health system.

In May 2023, the IWK Health Centre was affected by a breach of the MOVEit file transfer software that exposed personal health information of just over 100 patients. The data compromised included names, dates and times of visits, and the reason for their visit to the early labor and assessment unit. This incident was part of a broader provincial breach that impacted tens of thousands of individuals, including government employees and utility customers. The breach drew attention to the organisation’s management of sensitive health data and its connection to provincial information‑sharing networks. While public sources do not detail its ownership or parent‑subsidiary structure, the IWK Health Centre operates as a distinct health provider. Its distinguishing attributes include a specialised early labor and assessment unit and its role in regional maternal health care.