‘Mini Satans’: Hospital workers give newborn middle finger, make baby dance in disturbing Snapchat posts



JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Navy hospital in Florida has removed multiple employees from work after disturbing photos surfaced on Snapchat on Monday, according to the Florida Times-Union.

One of the photos showed a nurse giving a newborn the middle finger with the caption:


According to the post, the "nurse" and a friend made the baby dance to music.

Jeanne Casey, a spokeswoman for the Naval Hospital Jacksonville, issued a statement late Monday:


The hospital said they are working to notify the patient's parents.

Hospital officials did not say how many employees were involved in the incident.



Editor's note: The headline on this story has been updated to reflect a clarification from the hospital that "staff" and not "nurses" were involved in this incident.