Lamar Odom Update: Sunrise Medical Fires Employees for Attempting to Steal EX-NBA Player’s Medical Records

Privacy does not really exist for people in the spotlight, regardless of the situation that they might be in.

For Lamar Odom, the ex-NBA player who is recovering slowly from an apparent drug overdose, his privacy was almost violated by some very money-hungry employees at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas.

Odom, 35, was treated at the center for almost a week. He was admitted immediately after he was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel. He has since been transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

While at Sunrise, some employees reportedly tried to take pictures of Odom while he was fighting for his life. According to Perez Hilton, the employees also tried to steal information from Odom's personal medical files, which is a violation of the HIPAA rules.

TMZ reported that the employees had been fired. The hospital released this statement:

"We take all patient privacy very seriously and follow all HIPAA policies in compliance with federal regulations."

Odom is still fighting for his life at Cedars-Sinai, where he has been placed under 24/7 security. By his side is his estranged wife, Khloé Kardashian, who got their signed divorce papers dismissed.

Khloé, 31, is willing to give their marriage a second chance and will be staying by Odom's side throughout his entire recovery. Although she is supporting him through this very tough time, she has reportedly told him that if he ever went back to drugs, she would be gone from his life forever.

"She still loves Lamar, but it's way too soon to think about them trying to be a loving married couple again," a source told HollywoodLife.com. "He would have to prove himself again and again for her to even trust him a little."

Khloé recently took a break and left the hospital to attend older sister, Kim Kardashian's baby shower. According to HollywoodLife.com, Odom convinced her to go because he wanted her to have some fun.

"Lamar insisted Khloé go to Kim's baby shower because she has done so much for him and needs some downtime," an insider said. "He said that family were the most important thing and told her that he shouldn't let her big sister down. Khloé was reluctant at first, and didn't want to leave his side, but Lamar told her he would be ok and she can visit him afterwards."

Odom and Khloé got married in 2009 and split up in 2013 due to Odoms' drug problems and infidelity.