Sutter Health has terminated employees at Sansum Clinic 's Pesetas Urgent Care location in Santa Barbara over a TikTok video deemed "inappropriate and insensitive."

The video featured employees laughing and posing alongside what appeared to be bodily fluids on an exam room table, accompanied by mocking captions such as "Are patients allowed to leave you guys gifts? and "Guess the substance."

In an official statement issued Wednesday , the health system said the conduct was "an outright violation of our policies, shows a lack of respect for our patients and will not be tolerated."

It added that patient trust is a top priority,, and that swift action was taken: employees involved were placed on administrative leave within 24 hours of the clinic learning of the posts, and terminated wi

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