John Vandiver reports:
Military medical officials are imposing new social media guidelines after an Army medic at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany posted an operating room photo of a patient’s severed body part.
The incident, which occurred in mid-September but was just confirmed Wednesday, provoked unspecified disciplinary action against the medic and a command-wide warning from the Army’s top doctor.
“This type of behavior is unprofessional and violates the trust of those we serve, and the tenets of our profession,” said Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Nadja West in an email to medical staff.
The image of “unrecognizable body tissue that had been removed” from a soldier was posted to the social media site Snapchat Story, where images automatically expire after 24 hours.
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