Dislike: Cincinnati woman says hospital employees shared her STD status on Facebook
WTWL News


A Cincinnati woman says that employees at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center shared private medical records on Facebook, alerting everyone on the "Team No Hoes" page that she had been diagnosed with syphilis.
The anonymous woman's attorney, Mike Allen, told WTWL News that she is suing UC Medical Center, two employees, and her ex-boyfriend, who they say convinced the employees to release the medical records, violating state and federal laws. "She's absolutely devastated," Allen said. "This is the most private of private medical information that was posted on Facebook, and went out to a group on Facebook that had a huge dissemination."
The fine, upstanding community members at the "Team No Hoes" page used the post to call the woman a "hoe" and a "slut" in the comments section. Allen says that his client doesn't want to go out or talk to people, and has lost several friends because of the incident. "This could have been avoided if UC Medical Center had proper protections," he said. The woman is seeking more than $25,000 in damages, and is asking that the hospital look at procedures so this never happens again. UC Medical Center said it is investigating the claim. Watch the WTWL report below. --Catherine Garcia
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
-
Lemon and courgette carbonara recipe
The Week Recommends Zingy and fresh, this pasta is a summer treat
-
Corbynism returns: a new party on the Left
Talking Point Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's breakaway progressive party has already got off to a shaky start
-
Oasis reunited: definitely maybe a triumph
Talking Point The reunion of a band with 'the power of Led Zeppelin' and 'the swagger of the Rolling Stones'
-
Nvidia hits $4 trillion milestone
Speed Read The success of the chipmaker has been buoyed by demand for artificial intelligence
-
X CEO Yaccarino quits after two years
Speed Read Elon Musk hired Linda Yaccarino to run X in 2023
-
Musk chatbot Grok praises Hitler on X
Speed Read Grok made antisemitic comments and referred to itself as 'MechaHitler'
-
Disney, Universal sue AI firm over 'plagiarism'
Speed Read The studios say that Midjourney copied characters from their most famous franchises
-
Amazon launches 1st Kuiper internet satellites
Speed Read The battle of billionaires continues in space
-
Test flight of orbital rocket from Europe explodes
Speed Read Isar Aerospace conducted the first test flight of the Spectrum orbital rocket, which crashed after takeoff
-
Apple pledges $500B in US spending over 4 years
Speed Read This is a win for Trump, who has pushed to move manufacturing back to the US
-
Microsoft unveils quantum computing breakthrough
Speed Read Researchers say this advance could lead to faster and more powerful computers