Filed under “you just can’t make this stuff up” from our friends in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin:

‘ ‘There were two nurses that independently took a picture each of an X-ray of a patient,’ Walworth County Undersheriff Kurt Picknell said.
The patient was admitted to the emergency room with an object lodged in his rectum. Police said the nurse explained she and a co-worker snapped photos when they learned it was a sex device. Police said discussion about the incident was posted on her Facebook page, but they haven’t found anyone who actually saw the pictures.”

Well, contrary to common sense one has to wonder at what point do you say to yourself, “hey, I probably shouldn’t take a picture of an X-Ray belonging to a patient and post it on Facebook”. Although its not known if the X-Ray contained protected health information (PHI), we would venture to say that posting the X-Ray is probably not a good idea. I mean they could have encrypted it!

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