Hospital Workers Fired for Posting Patient Pictures on MySpace

[JMcEntegart]

Two members of staff at the University of New Mexico Hospital have been sacked after it emerged they had taken pictures of patients and uploaded them to a popular social networking site.

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[noobe1981]

They got what they deserve. Thats just wrong.

 

[nukemaster]

[citation][nom]noobe1981[/nom]They got what they deserve. Thats just wrong.[/citation]
agreed

 

[starhoof]

ohhh... look how cute she looks with her broken arms....

yeah they shouldnt have done it

 

[Guest]

"up-close treatment of injuries"

This would mean that you can't id who is in the picture. Medical books and journals do this all the time without patient consent. Granted they are about education not hey look this is cool but you get the idea.

 

[nmsumike]

Yeah because these pictures were not of the full patient and specific to the region of the injury so that they are not identifiable then i disagree with the punishment (firings). If it was a complete image of a person or identifiable then go ahead and fire them but i really don't think this punishment fits the "crime"...

 

[gm0n3y]

No shit.