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| Hospital op photos 'on Facebook' | Hospital op photos 'on Facebook' |
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| A nurse has been suspended amid reports that photos of patients having operations were posted on the social networking site Facebook. | |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed it had launched an investigation after an incident at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed it had launched an investigation after an incident at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. |
| Patients were not thought to be identifiable in the images. | Patients were not thought to be identifiable in the images. |
| According to the Daily Record newspaper, other staff were unaware that the pictures were being taken. | According to the Daily Record newspaper, other staff were unaware that the pictures were being taken. |
| It is thought the photographs were taken using a mobile phone and were reportedly spotted on the internet by one of the nurse's colleagues. | |
| Photography ban | |
| Margaret Watt, chair of Scotland Patients' Association, said it was "totally unacceptable" and a breach of a patients' human rights. | Margaret Watt, chair of Scotland Patients' Association, said it was "totally unacceptable" and a breach of a patients' human rights. |
| "The health board have taken the appropriate action by suspending the person," she said. | "The health board have taken the appropriate action by suspending the person," she said. |
| "But I would like to think that there is some kind of law where the police are able to take some action against these people. | "But I would like to think that there is some kind of law where the police are able to take some action against these people. |
| "Because this was a breach of the patient's human rights and their privacy." | "Because this was a breach of the patient's human rights and their privacy." |
| She said mobile phone photography should be banned in hospitals. | She said mobile phone photography should be banned in hospitals. |
| It is understood the photographs have been removed from Facebook, but a spokesperson for the website said they were in contact with hospital bosses to make sure. |