Another Case Of Our Lost Privacy And Reputation

It's Face book gone wild time again.  A woman who was being treated for a sexually transmitted disease at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center is suing the hospital, accusing an employee of posting her medical records to Face book. According to the lawsuit  the woman's medical record showing her name and her diagnosis of syphilis was posted to the Face book group "Team No Hoes" (which is supposed to be a "closed group") in September 2013.

This is just another reminder of the danger of idiots with communication devices playing n Face book. It may not be a bad as the fools who post comments about crimes they commit so the police who monitor Face book can arrest them, but it shows even the non interesting like medical records, can be shown to anyone. After all ,who wants the world to know he or she has hemorrhoids or some sexual transmitted disease? It might put a dim light on one's social world and career path to post such things.

In this case a woman named Shawntelle Turley is suing Ryan Rawls, named as an employee of UC Medical Center, an unnamed employee at UC Medical and Raphael Bradley, her ex-boyfriend, along with the  nurse at UC,  after they posted Shawntelle's records online at the request of Bradley, who wanted Shawntelle's reputation ruined by the release. Of course the University is blameless for someone not representing it posting private records. Still, University of Cincinnati's Medical Center, since it has the most money and can pay the most "damages" is included in the lawsuit According to the suit, "as a result of the inaction (of the hospital) ... the plaintiff's medical records are still in the possession of the other (unknown) employee and the plaintiff is receiving phone calls harassing her and her child".

Shawntelle wants  $25,000 in damages for invasion of privacy, emotional distress, malice and negligence, and she will most certainly be paid to shut up about it, given medical centers don't particularly like the negative publicity from such events. And what does this tell the rest of us? It says again that those ---- cell phones and social welfare sites are a minefield that can  destroy anyone, anytime. Shanwtelle did nothing to bring about the abuse she received, so are you and I next. How do we escape this loss of privacy and public abuse? I think only death is the answer. It is a sad element of the modern communication devices so many are so enthralled with.