Opinion / Letters
'Violation of patient privacy at Mpilo hospital' - Staff posts photo on Facebook
04 Sep 2015 at 14:19hrs | Views
Screenshot: Impilo Staff's Facebook Profile, Updated thursday 3 September 2015 At 15:32hrs
Editor,
Please see below, I think it's worth informing the public about violations of patient privacy at Mpilo hospital.
This is the email I sent to the hospital, along with picture evidence.
"I would like to make a complaint against one of the members of your medical practice, one [name supplied].
I am appalled at the fact that Mpilo Hospital has an unethical policy of allowing medical staff to publish sensitive pictures of themselves mid-operation on social media.
As a former patient at the hospital, I am disgusted to find that doctors are allowed to grossly violate patients privacy.
Such unprofessional conduct and breaching of patient confidentiality should not go unpunished.
I so upset by this, that I shall be seeking legal opinion on what legal action can be taken to protect patients from such flagrant violation of privacy. I hope you act in tandem with me by punishing this unscrupulous doctor.
I look forward to your reply.
I have included the aforementioned picture for your reference"
Please see below, I think it's worth informing the public about violations of patient privacy at Mpilo hospital.
This is the email I sent to the hospital, along with picture evidence.
"I would like to make a complaint against one of the members of your medical practice, one [name supplied].
I am appalled at the fact that Mpilo Hospital has an unethical policy of allowing medical staff to publish sensitive pictures of themselves mid-operation on social media.
As a former patient at the hospital, I am disgusted to find that doctors are allowed to grossly violate patients privacy.
Such unprofessional conduct and breaching of patient confidentiality should not go unpunished.
I so upset by this, that I shall be seeking legal opinion on what legal action can be taken to protect patients from such flagrant violation of privacy. I hope you act in tandem with me by punishing this unscrupulous doctor.
I look forward to your reply.
I have included the aforementioned picture for your reference"
Source - Concerned Citizen
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