Swiss or Pinay Nurse in Switzerland Under investigation over Photos of a Dead Woman in Facebook?
Swiss or Pinay Nurse in Switzerland Under investigation over Photos of a Dead Woman in Facebook?
A 'pinay nurse' in Switzerland who posted pictures of herself on Facebook sitting next to the corpse of an old woman came under fire Friday from her profession, as Swiss prosecutors said Friday they had opened a criminal investigation.
According to the prosecutors in the eastern region of Saint Gallen, the suspected offense was disturbing the peace of the dead which is a crime carrying up to three years in prison.
In a string of photos revealed Friday by the 20 Minuten newspaper -- which said they had been spotted by a reader -- the pinay nurse in uniform was seen laughing and posing at the bedside of a dead woman.
The newspaper blanked out the faces of the pinay nurse and the dead woman, as well as the nurse's Facebook name and those of people who commented on the posting.
Other pictures posted on her facebook page -- which featured what appeared to be Satanist imagery -- showed Filipina nurse standing in front of an ambulance, sitting on a motorbike and cavorting in sado-masochist poses.
Later Friday, the tabloid Blick said it had managed to identify the woman as an immigrant from the Philippines who was married to a Swiss man.
The Filipina woman worked as a cook not a nurse, and was also offered sado-masochist services.
It said that the photos were taken in January 2012 at a care home in the community of Mogelsberg which was subsequently closed for unrelated reasons.
The pinay nurse suspect reportedly told Blick that she had simply wanted to show a friend back home in the Philippines the realities of life and death in Switzerland.
"I didn't mean to hurt anyone or show a lack of respect," she was quoted as saying.
The Swiss national nurses' federation said in a statement it was "shocked and saddened" by the actions of the nurse from the eastern city of Saint Gallen.
"To be able to prevent the repeat of such a case, there is a desperate need for an active professional register and attractive working conditions to counteract the acute shortage of staff," it said.
"Whether this was a qualified nurse, a professional carer or a simple assistant, it is clear that people like this should not be in the health sector," it added.
Source: AFP, ABS CBN news, Huffingtonpost, 20 Minuten newspaper