Hospital Nurses Suspended Over Videos of Patients Online
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A hospital is in trouble in Japan. It is called Chiba Nishi General Hospital. It is in Matsudo city, in Chiba.
Some nurses at the hospital made videos. The videos showed patients. The nurses did not ask the patients first. This is called filming without permission.
The nurses put the videos on social media. Social media is apps like TikTok or Instagram where people share videos.
People saw bad words in the videos. Some words were rude about the patients.
The hospital found out about the videos. Three female nurses are now in trouble. The hospital gave them a suspension. A suspension means they cannot work for some time.
The hospital is checking what happened. This story is now in the news in Japan.
Vocabulary15 words
- hospital
- a place where sick people get help
- nurse
- a person who helps doctors and patients
- patient
- a sick person getting care
- permission
- saying yes before someone does something
- filming without permission
- making a video of someone without asking them
- social media
- apps where people share photos and videos
- suspension
- stopping someone from work for a time
- rude
- not polite; not nice
- trouble
- a bad problem
- news
- information about new events
- city
- a big town
- video
- moving pictures you can watch
- apps
- small programs on a phone
- found out
- learned about something new
- checking
- looking carefully at something
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Quiz
Answer key
1. Matsudo, Chiba 2. Filmed patients without permission 3. True
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A _____ is in trouble in Japan.
It is called Chiba Nishi General _____.
It is in _____ city, in Chiba.
Some _____ at the hospital made videos.
The videos showed _____.
The nurses did not ask the patients first.
The nurses put the videos on _____ media.
People saw bad _____ in the videos.
Three female nurses are now in _____.
The hospital gave them a _____.
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