An employee of the Franciscus Gasthuis and Vlietland Hospital in Rotterdam has been suspended after leaking details about a well-known influencer. The employee confirmed in a private Facebook group that Selma Omari had given birth to a daughter. The hospital has reported the incident to the Personal Data Authority. This was confirmed by the Franciscus Gasthuis and Vlietland hospital following reporting by NOS.
A member of the chat group "Fadim's Beautyspace," a closed Facebook group with more than 70,000 members, posted the message that Omari had given birth to a daughter on Tuesday morning, Aug. 1. In addition to the gender, the person also mentioned the child's name and time of birth.
This Facebook user's name could not be directly traced to an employee of the hospital. In contrast, another group member who confirmed that the delivery had taken place did. It turned out to be an employee of the administration department.
The Rotterdam hospital investigated the post. "Unfortunately, we have had to conclude that there was a data breach via social media posting in a closed Facebook group," the hospital said in a comment.
"We deeply regret this and take this very highly. The patient in question has been informed of the situation by us. The colleague in question has been addressed and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken," the Franciscus Gasthuis and Vlietland Hospital further writes.
The employee in question was suspended last Wednesday. The person in question no longer has access to patient data. Finally, the hospital let it be known that it has reported the incident to the Personal Data Authority.
Selma Omari is an influencer with more than 500,000 followers on Instagram. She was in a relationship with rapper Boef and participated in the RTL program The Traitors. She did her best to keep childbirth out of the public eye as much as possible. On Friday, Aug. 4, she told on her channel of her daughter's pregnancy and birth. "I asked God for a soul mate and he gave me you," she wrote on Instagram.
