Two staffers at a Florida navy hospital are under investigation as a result of “inappropriate” photos and videos. One video shows them forcing a newborn baby dance to rap music, while one photo labels the babies “mini Satans,” both are currently posted to social media. The culprits in this offense have been identified as Allyson Thompson and Joanie Barrett, two navy sailors stationed at Naval Hospital Jacksonville.
Both Thompson and Barrett have been removed from patient care after the controversial posts turned viral on Facebook, the hospital said in a statement.
“We are aware of a video / photo posted online. It’s outrageous, unacceptable, incredibly unprofessional, and cannot be tolerated,” the hospital’s commanding officer, Captain David Collins, said in the statement.
The two accused navy sailors aren’t “navy nurses” as advertised in the viral video. Thompson, 21, and Barrett, 23, are actually hospital corpsman and are definitely not registered nurses.
In the video below, the staffer identified as Allyson Jeanette Thompson is seen to making a new-born baby dance to 50 Cent’s 2003 hit “In Da Club”. The person identified as Thompson is seen swinging the baby’s arm to the beat while laughing.
The woman filming this scene can be heard saying, “We’re going to hell.”
Another photo posted to social media shows a middle finger being directed a newborn baby. The photo is captioned, “How I currently feel about these mini Satans.”
According to WJAX-TV, the babies seen in the video and photos were only hours old.
Alyson Thompson posted these obscene photos and videos to Snapchat. They were later shared on Facebook by a former high school classmate.
“A girl I went to high school with is a navy nurse and this is how her and her shitty friend treat the babies that have just been born,” the classmate wrote. “My blood is literally boiling and I want to snitch bc that is someone’s child. The first pic is her friend who is making the baby dance and she’s playing rap music in the background. I’m LIVID and I’m snitching bc she should get fired from her job but idk how to go about it. Pissed isn’t even the words.”
The video was also shared on Facebook by Denisa Shellito, a military spouse, and has been shared almost 300,000 times.
“I’m just sharing someone’s post in hopes that these childish girls get reprimanded and lose their jobs,” Shellito wrote. “They work at the naval hospital in Jacksonville, FL. Call, email, do whatever it takes to get through to administration!!”
Naval Hospital Jacksonville issued a statement on Tuesday, condemning the actions in the videos and assuring that an investigation is currently underway.
“We are aware of a video / photo posted online. It’s outrageous, unacceptable, incredibly unprofessional, and cannot be tolerated,” said the statement, attributed to Captain David Collins, the commanding officer at the hospital. “We have identified the staff members involved. They have been removed from patient care and they will be handled by the legal system and military justice. We’ve notified the patient’s parents.”’
The hospital’s Facebook page states, “The 2,400 active-duty and civilian staff do whatever it takes to deliver the highest quality, patient- and family-centered care. And with its community partners, NH Jax collaborates on a shared regional vision for safe, high-quality care. The command—the fourth largest in Navy Medicine—serves nearly 85,000 enrolled patients and expands its capacity to treat 163,000 beneficiaries through robust partnerships with local hospitals and physicians in the TRICARE network. NH Jax stands ready to support operational missions anytime, anywhere—from disaster relief to front-line combat care–and provides world-class medical care on the battlefield and on the homefront.”
