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The story
It has come to light that a nurse at Chiba Nishi General Hospital in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, secretly filmed hospitalized patients and posted edited short videos to social media. The clips carried mocking captions like “way too fat, way too smelly” and “grandma-taaan,” ridiculing the patients. The hospital has issued an apology, and the nurse in question has been suspended from duty. Following the news, discussion on 5ch spread beyond criticism of the confidentiality and privacy violations to cover whether the punishment was appropriate, broader views on the nursing profession, and the media literacy of the social-media generation.
Nurse secretly films patients, posts short video; Chiba Nishi General Hospital apologizes — caption read “way too fat, way too smelly”
10/8 (Thu) 19:25 JST
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Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
She's a "precious nurse," so it'll probably just be a slap on the wrist.
It won't just be firing — there'll be damages to pay too.
Personality like that doesn't change.
Even if she gets a warning, she'll just change her approach, wait a bit, and do it again.
Chiba University Hospital, maybe? I followed that story for a while but forget how it turned out.
Wasn't that the one with something in the IV drip? Different hospital, I think.
That's the scary part.
Filming inside a hospital is basically banned anyway.
This is bad, lol.
You should be hiring people around 45-50 who lived through the early internet and actually have solid net literacy.
That's the generation that gets sued for online harassment the most, though.
They handle all the garbage demands from selfish patients with a smile.
Let them vent about it in private, that much I can forgive.
Posting it online is a different story though.
That's exactly the "different story" we're talking about right now.
This is rough, lol.
Not a shred of taste in that video.
Probably just not very bright.
Not a shred of guilt either, lol.
Is she okay? lol
I know how hard nurses work, so I want to let some grumbling or small mistakes slide.
I'd even say double their pay.
But honestly, I'd still rather have a sincere, cheerful, skilled foreign nurse than one like this.
And? That's all there is to say.
If everyone lived purely on their "honest feelings," society would collapse — everyone has those.
There really are people out there who genuinely think "it's just the truth" or "just being honest" is some kind of get-out-of-jail-free card.
Maybe that proportion has been growing.
Yeah, it's about the damages to the hospital's reputation and trust.
Honestly, she could never pay that back even with a lifetime of atonement.
The nurse in question is currently suspended from duty, lol.
That ship has sailed, lol.
Background and Key Points of This Story
The apology stems from a nurse secretly filming hospitalized patients while on duty and posting the footage to social media with mocking captions; as of the report, the nurse involved has been suspended from duty. On the thread, the main points of debate were how severe the disciplinary action should be and whether damages would be paid, while opinions were split on whether the video actually zoomed in close enough to identify individual patients. Some posts also conflated this case with a past scandal at a different medical institution in Chiba Prefecture — readers should note that this is a separate, unrelated incident. While some voiced sympathy given the harsh working conditions nurses face, criticism of the act of secretly filming and posting it online made up the bulk of the thread’s sentiment.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (News Speed+) thread “[Matsudo] Nurse secretly films patients, posts short video; Chiba Nishi General Hospital apologizes — caption read “way too fat, way too smelly,” “grandma-taaan”.”
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