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Santa Barbara Sutter Health employees demeaned patients, fired

September 5, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

Sutter Health Urgent Care in Santa Barbara recently fired a group of employees who posted a video on TikTok of staffers pointing and looking disgusted over bodily fluids left on examination tables.

After the TikTok video went viral, it was taken down. But by that time, others had downloaded and posted the video on multiple social media sites.

Commenters on TikTok, Reddit, and Yelp condemned the video leading Sutter Health to address the “insensitive photos posted on social media.”

“This unacceptable behavior is an outright violation of our policies, shows a lack of respect for our patients and will not be tolerated,” according to Sutter Health. “Within 24 hours of becoming aware of the posts, we placed the employees on administrative leave, and within another 24 hours, we terminated those involved as part of this ongoing investigation.”

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We can all rest on the notion that all of those women will one day need pantie liners… if they are fortunate enough to last that long…


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To those involved, this song is dedicated to each of you!

Nah. Na Na Na Nahh, Hey hey hey good bye…..Nah na na …..


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Good. We’ll also never know which one of these “professionals”, ignored, or purposely refused to render proper medical or hospital treatment, because of their personal bias.


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Shockingly soulless behavior is sadly, unsurprising. Empathy for others is at an extreme low currently and real consequences are the only way of resolving it.


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Ya, wasn’t cool, but not like they were exposing actual patients! Unless they did say who the patients were? No? I didn’t think they deserved to be fired. Did you?


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Are you insane? It doesn’t matter that they didn’t name names. Imagine if you were a patient there and you saw this?? You’d wonder if that was you? It’s already demeaning enough as a woman to go see a literal stranger in that intimate private setting, but to be demeaned like that?? GTFOH.


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Wow, this is so disgusting. Glad they got fired, it’s just so sick.


There is something strange regarding a lot of people who work in the medical industry these days it seems, it’s not what it used to be. Could be stress related, but it’s something. I’ve met more than a few strange nurses (and doctors).


What was with all the nurses dancing around during Covid also? That was bizarre.


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