{"id":2601,"date":"2025-09-06T14:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:42:06","slug":"full-statement-released-after-california-clinic-staff-fired-for-mocking-patients-bodily-fluids-in-dehumanizing-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=2601","title":{"rendered":"Full Statement Released After California Clinic Staff Fired For Mocking Patients\u2019 Bodily Fluids In \u2018Dehumanizing\u2019 TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A group of urgent care employees in California has been fired after a TikTok video showed them mocking patient bodily fluids. The video was recorded inside a Sansum Clinic facility in Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The now-deleted video featured staff posing next to stains on disposable exam table covers. Captions included phrases like \u201cGuess the substance\u201d and encouraged patients to leave \u201csweet gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sansum Clinic, which partners with Sutter Health, confirmed all visible employees were terminated. A spokesperson stated they were \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d and conducting a full review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video sparked widespread public outrage, particularly on local social media forums. Healthcare professionals expressed anger, calling the behavior an \u201cutter violation\u201d of medical ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Healthcare ethicists emphasized that mocking patients breaches fundamental trust and professionalism. Even without identifying patients, such actions degrade dignity and damage institutional reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This incident highlights growing concerns about social media misuse in healthcare settings. Experts are calling for stronger digital conduct policies and education for medical staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original video has been removed and the user\u2019s account set to private. However, screen recordings continue to circulate online, prolonging the controversy and community disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehooknews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png?resize=711%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47152\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thehooknews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-6.png?resize=710%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47151\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of urgent care employees in California has been fired after a TikTok video showed them mocking patient bodily fluids. The video was recorded inside a Sansum Clinic facility in Santa Barbara. The now-deleted video featured staff posing next to stains on disposable exam table covers. Captions included phrases like \u201cGuess the substance\u201d and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2603,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions\/2603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}