The big problem for them right now (like you say, I would hope the critical/sensitive data is not just scattered across a windows desktop) will be that any affected machines will be out of action.
It seems like there's a dimension to this story that a centralised resource has been affected rather than all local PCs. Some kind of shared patient records system.
The big problem for them right now (like you say, I would hope the critical/sensitive data is not just scattered across a windows desktop) will be that any affected machines will be out of action.