Hospital Removes Nurses That Called Newborns 'Mini Satans'
The message has also been posted to the official Naval Hospital Jacksonville Facebook page.
ABC affiliate WFTS reported that the photo is an image from a Snapchat account belonging to one of the employees.
The employees in the photos work at the Naval Jacksonville Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, as identified in a Facebook post that was shared almost 250,000 times.
According to WJAX/WFOX, the hospital posted a statement to Facebook saying they were aware of the video and photos, and called the images "outrages, unacceptable, and incredibly unprofessional".
Another image showed a woman sticking up her middle finger to a newborn with the caption, "How I now feel about these mini Satans", per WFTS.
A statement from the hospital's commanding officer was uploaded to Facebook on Monday night. "It's outrageous, unacceptable, incredibly unprofessional, and can not be tolerated", the hospital said in a statement posted to Facebook.
The sick employees were "removed from patient care", the hospital said. Another picture shows a staff member making an obscene gesture at an infant. It appeared the images and videos were posted to Facebook by a concern recipient of the Snapchats. We're in the process of notifying the patient " s parents".
The images caused an outpouring of rage on social media, with the nurses branded "cruel" and "disgusting".
Jane Agerton, who identified herself as a nurse from Tennessee, wrote: 'They need to have their nursing license revoked. "As an RN, BSN I'm disgusted", said another.
Joy Allen added: "As a former Navy daughter, Navy wife and mother of a child born at NAS JAX I am sicken by this behaviour".
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