Overview

• Sutter Health said employees were placed on leave within a day of the posts being reported and were terminated within another day, with an internal investigation continuing.
• The since-deleted video showed workers posing around stained exam tables with captions such as “Guess the substance” and “Are patients allowed to leave you guys gifts?”
• USA TODAY reported that about eight people were seen participating in the images purportedly taken inside exam rooms at the Sansum Clinic urgent care.
• The video was posted by a former employee who left the organization in late July, and the original upload was removed but copies continue to circulate online.
• Sutter clarified the setting was urgent care in Santa Barbara, not an OB/GYN clinic, and directed concerned patients to its advocacy team or to file privacy complaints with HHS’ Office for Civil Rights.