US EditionMedical staff fired after making TikTok video with apparent bodily fluids from patients
Sutter Health fired all employees involved in the viral TikTok mocking patients, emphasizing patient trust and swift policy enforcement after public backlash.
- Sutter Health terminated all staff members who knowingly took part in a viral TikTok that showed urgent care employees in Santa Barbara making light of stained disposable table covers.
- A former staff member who departed the clinic in late July shared the video, prompting Sutter Health to promptly initiate an investigation after becoming aware of it.
- The video showed employees posing next to stains of bodily fluids left by patients, accompanied by a caption joking about whether patients could “leave gifts” for the staff, which led to widespread public outrage.
- Sutter Health described the behavior as 'unacceptable' and an 'outright violation' of company policies, placing employees on administrative leave within 24 hours and terminating them within the next 24 hours.
- The incident damaged patient trust, led to one-star clinic reviews, calls for stricter social media bans for medical staff, and directed patients to file formal complaints regarding privacy violations.
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Several Sansum Clinic officials, located in Santa Bárbara, California, United States, lost their jobs after disclosing a video at TikTok where they mocked the patients who had been treated in emergency rooms.The content, already removed from the social network, showed ex-collaborators posing next to stains of body fluids left by patients on the paper covering the examination stretchers.The day will become night for 6 minutes: when and where the …
Following Immense Backlash, The Healthcare Staff Who Mocked Their Patients’ Discharge On TikTok Have Been Fired
In the now-deleted TikTok, the staff members posed playfully around medical exam chairs stained with unknown fluids as they shamelessly mocked their patients.View Entire Post ›
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Medical staff fired after making TikTok video with apparent bodily fluids from patients
Sutter Health is under fire after a viral TikTok video showed urgent care staff in Santa Barbara posing with what appeared to be bodily fluids left behind after patient exams, calling them "gifts."The original post was deleted quickly, but not before it spread across the internet. Dozens of users recorded the video, stitched it and reposted it across TikTok and other platforms.Outraged users flooded TikTok, Reddit and Yelp with comments condemni…
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