- A sixteen-year old female was admitted to the ED with lower abdominal pain, On the patient's chart the transporter saw the abbreviation PID. She asked the staff radiographer what PID meant. The radiographer jokingly said that the patient had syphils and was contagious. The patient, who was a past high school classmate of the transporter, asked the transporter why he was putting on gloves. mask. and isolation gown to move her, The transporter told her that she had PID-syphilis. a communicable disease. - On the way back to the x-ray department, the transporter sent a note to another former classmate in central service depirtment that the patient, had been admitted into the hospital with syphilis: - Meamwhile, the patient became very distressed and told her father what the transporter had said to hes. The father immediatefy contacted her attending physician to find out whether his daughter had syphilis. The doctor told the father that it was a mistake. The tather filed a cluil suit against the hospital. - What charges could be filed? Explain why? - Who if anyone, was liable?.