I'm not sure if these are the problem you're looking for, but they might be confusing the issue.

In the section 

        elsif ( $x =~ /[^\w\s]/ ) {
            $x = "";
        }

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if $x begins with a single word-character followed by whitespace, $x is set to an empty string. However, all of the if's in the block following if ( $key eq 'Data' ), which is inside the foreach loop, are looking for a non-empty value of $x.

Also, in the section 

                    if (   ( $x !~ /^\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d/ )
                        && ( $x != "Patient" ) )

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did you intend to say  $x !~ m/^Patient/ instead?

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In reply to Re^2: Break perl foreach loop by misterwhipple
in thread Break perl foreach loop by pvecchio

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