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Patients Sue Over Alleged ‘Degrading’ Photos Taken And Shared By Jay Hospital Staff
October 15, 2025
Lawsuits have been filed against Jay Hospital and Baptist Healthcare on behalf of three clients who were allegedly photographed without consent by hospital employees while under medical care. Zarzaur Law, which filed the suit, said the photos were later shared on social media, and the firm is offering a $5,000 reward to the first person to provide the photos as verified evidence.
The law firm said their investigation “has revealed deeply troubling details about the conduct of hospital staff and the hospital’s subsequent response”.
According to the allegations in the complaint, in February 2025, several employees at Jay Hospital entered patient rooms while patients were asleep or heavily medicated and took unauthorized and degrading pictures. Hospital representatives later acknowledged that these photos were taken by employees and described the images themselves as “horrible.” The photos were reportedly circulated on the social media platform Snapchat.
Attorney Joe Zarzaur stated that the hospital’s representatives approached the victims, offering them money in exchange for signing legal releases related to the incident. However, the victims were never shown the photographs, nor were they told what the images depicted.
“The hospital reps told them that they understood that employees took pictures,” Zarzaur said. “And that these horrible pictures were broadcast on Snapchat.”
One of the clients represented by Zarzaur Law reported that she woke up without clothing after being medicated. That patient recalled a staff nurse making a crude and humiliating remark, stating that her body had been visible throughout the night and that staff members were able to see her as they passed by in the hallway.
“She says she woke up without her clothes being on after being medicated,” Zarzaur said. “One of the staff nurses,” she says, ‘made a crude comment about how all night she was showing her body parts basically, and that they all were able to see them in the hall’.” She said she did not know that employees of the hospital had photographed her and posted it on Snapchat.
Zarzaur Law alleges that, despite being aware of the incident for months, Jay Hospital and Baptist Healthcare failed to take immediate and transparent action. The victims were never shown the images, and to this day, they have received no clear explanation about the extent of the violations.
Zarzaur Law, P.A. is offering a $5,000 reward to the first person to provide the photographs. Once the photographs are corroborated by evidence and verified to be authentic, that individual will be qualified for the $5,000 reward. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Zarzaur Law, P.A. at (855) HIRE-JOE or visit zarzaurlaw.com.
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12 Responses to “Patients Sue Over Alleged ‘Degrading’ Photos Taken And Shared By Jay Hospital Staff”
i have genuinely NEVER had a good experience at jay hospital, so i’m not surprised that something like this is happening here
Unfortunately, this seems to be a too-common trend in the medical field. There are many great healthcare workers out there, some I consider to be my own family, but there are many individuals that I shudder to think of being in charge of people who are incapacitated.
I get it, it’s a difficult profession and folks tend to develop dark humor to cope with these positions… But this is so, so wrong. This is ONLY what they were CAUGHT doing. There’s no telling what else goes on while patients are unaware.
Dear, not surprising as a resident of Jay, I do not think this should reflect all residents or hospital staff. Jay hospital is a blessing for many. Jay ER has saved many lives. Our small hometown hospital makes it possible for people to be cared for and be close to loved ones. The bad choice of a few should not reflect on many good nurses, CNA staff and doctors at Jay Hospital.
Make no mistake, what happened is terrible and should be addressed. But let’s not forget the decades this little hospital has served the tri county area. The accolades given for superior personalized treatment over the years. My mother was in Jay during that same time and went to heaven. Let me tell you no pictures were taken of her. We received attention and care that words cannot express. My family will always be grateful for that hospital and the employees who serve. So when you demand it be closed think about it truly not being there for your next emergency. They saved me last year when I was having a stroke and didn’t know it. They’re quick diagnosis and intervention in the ER changed my outcome favorably. If I had gone to the big hospitals time would not have been on my side. The folks this terrible thing has happened to will be compensated. The folks responsible will be prosecuted and have already been fired. Lessons will be learned and life will go on. Jay Hospital will continue to exist and I thank the good Lord for it.
In the far past, a camera was obvious and a person carrying one as a employee at a Hospital would be questioned as of why they had one at work but now everyone has one with them as their personal phone. The decision was solely due to the immorality of the persons that decided to do the act in the first place and had nothing to do with the hospital but the Hospital will recieve the full responsibility of the legal system for the violation. I think the majority of the punishment should be directed at the individuals responsible for the pictures in the first place. I would like to see some jail time and even some prison time given to the employees. Exposing them publicly would bring much discrace and would be a good start.
Ok, this is terrible and will somewhat be made right through these actions. But it can never be undone.
But we certainly shouldn’t judge all of the hospital employees by this incident much less the citizens of Jay.
Determine the responsible partys and hold them accountable.
This is so heartbreaking to know that healthcare workers; whose sole purpose is to care for patients, would allow patients under medication to be treated this way. What is wrong with the moral fiber of people today? We are living in a sad world when you cannot trust the people who are supposed to treat and take care of people when they’re in their most vulnerable state. Everyone involved in this should lose their jobs; even those who tried to sweep this under the rug for months.
Why couldn’t the Zarzaur Law Firm get a subpoena to have photos and IP addresses released to the Sheriffs office as part of the investigation? Snapchat has all of that information to each person’s smartphones to get a conviction(s). Also, whoever is in charge of that facility should resign immediately for not providing a safe facility and upholding HIPPA Privacy standards!
This makes pretty much ALL people of Jay look pretty bad if they don’t stop this. What a nasty, intrusive, uneducated, moronic thing to do. This Attorney WON’T give up…good for him and his clients! Jay Hosp should be ashamed!!! How low can they go?
That is disgusting!!!!! I hope the victims get millions! Photos of the employees that took and shared these photos should be plastered in the newspaper, news sites and social media. We would like to know who they are. Such professionalism!!!
Jay hospital needs to go! It is one of if not THE worst place to be so called treated for anything. Especially the ER. They and Baptist allow incompetent doctors to continue to be employed there and the patients are the ones who suffer. They do not take complaints seriously and I hope the ones who did this act will never work in healthcare again.
I hope everyone involved in taking these pictures and those employees making comments are fired and lose all of their licenses. This is unacceptable. Sue them good.