Hospital staff circulated photos of patient's genital injury

(FOX NEWS) - Two doctors at a Pennsylvania hospital were suspended after a witness claimed a number of hospital staffers formed a "cheerleader type pyramid" to take photos and videos of a patient with a genital injury. A state investigation revealed the incident occurred on Dec. 23 at UPMC Bedford Memorial, and involved a patient who required surgery for a genital injury to remove a "foreign body," PennLive.com reported.

The hospital's administrators were notified in January after a witness complained about a series of photos circulating among staff members, the news outlet reported. The state's health department opened its own investigation into the incident in May.

"In January a hospital employee came forward to complain about photographs that were circulating around the hospital, of a patient under anesthesia while in the [operating room]," according to the health department's investigation. "The patient had a genital injury and OR staff had apparently taken photos and video of the patient using their personal cell phones, and were showing the photos to other hospital staff."

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