Overview
- The incident occurred at Pesetas Urgent Care in Santa Barbara, a Sansum Clinic facility now under Sutter Health.
- Employees shown in the images were placed on administrative leave within 24 hours of the posts, then terminated within the next 24 hours, according to the company.
- The now-deleted TikTok, originally posted by former employee @angieuncut, featured six photos of staff posing with stained exam paper and was captioned "Guess the substance."
- Sutter Health said the individual who uploaded the content was no longer employed at the time of posting and had left the organization in July.
- Although the account was locked and posts removed, screenshots spread across local forums and social platforms, prompting public backlash and policy reinforcement messaging from Sutter Health.