PEOPLE – The California urgent care clinic workers who posted photos on TikTok mocking patients’ discharge after pap smears have been fired.
The incident occurred at the Pesetas Urgent Care in Santa Barbara, Calif., a Sansum Clinic facility. The video, which circulated on Labor Day weekend, has since been taken down.
“Sutter Health has terminated the employees responsible for the inappropriate and insensitive photos posted on social media,” a Sutter Health spokesperson told PEOPLE.
“This unacceptable behavior is an outright violation of our policies, shows a lack of respect for our patients and will not be tolerated,” the statement continued.
Sutter Health confirmed that the employees were placed on leave “within 24 hours of becoming aware of the posts,” and they were terminated within another 24 hours.
According to screenshots obtained by the Santa Barbara Independent, the TikTok post included six photos in total.
In one, a nurse in pink scrubs gives a thumbs-up, while another woman in blue scrubs bends over and sticks her tongue out near a stained exam chair.
“Guess the substance,” the video was captioned …
