Social networking websites such as Facebook are used by many to post their recent pictures so that they can share their latest and unique experiences that they’ve been through. But recently, a Swedish nurse took her “sharing moment” a little too far. She just published photos of her inside the operating room while they were doing a back operation and a brain surgery. All photos were posted on account in Facebook.
She is probably expecting admiring comments telling how cool she is or how they admire her. But it turned into something that she didn’t actually expect. The Swedish medical establishments were now angry of what she did. According to the neurosurgery chief of Karolinska University Hospital located in Stockholm, the event violated the ethical codes.
After the photos were revealed and seen in Facebook, the staff at the hospital was called for an emergency meeting. They were reminded about the basic ethical codes and that they need to respect the privacy of their patients. The hospital said that they were still thinking whether to report her to the police or have her dismissed. Currently, the unnamed nurse has already been suspended and the pictures were already deleted from Facebook.
All cameras are banned inside the operating room unless the photos and videos will be used specifically for educational purposes. It appears that the suspended nurse used the camera on her mobile phone to take the pictures. Fortunately, she never took a picture of the patient or she would be facing a bigger problem.
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