Allegations that a nurse at a major Chicago hospital tweeted about a shooting victim 's death and blood - soaked hospital room are a stunning cautionary tale that health care providers can use to hammer home how workers may be held liable for privacy lapses , attorneys say . The allegations surfaced in a new lawsuit accusing Karrie Anne Runtz , a trauma nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital , of " recklessly and outrageously " tweeting about the April 2015 death of 24 - year - old Mikal Johnson . According to the suit , Runtz sent tweets to 1,300 followers describing Johnson as " DOA " and included a grisly photograph of a large pool of blood in his treatment room . The now - deleted Twitter account , which was known to local media , used the screename " Dixie McCall , " the handle @traumanatrix and the hashtags # sinaitrauma and # westsideshitshow to complain about a steady stream of patients with bullet wounds in Mount Sinai 's emergency department . The account 's bio section read , " diva of death .. mistress of mayhem . kicking ass , taking names & saving lives . tough as nails chicago chick . you think you know , but you have no idea . " ;