Who is Sarah Jane Comrie? Bellevue Hospital issues statement on Citi Bike scandal

A Bellevue Hospital employee, who has since been identified as Sarah Jane Comrie has gone viral across social media platforms. This comes after a video of her falsely accusing a Black man of stealing her cycle went viral. As netizens attempted to find her identity online, some claimed that the woman in question was another hospital employee. However, the woman’s real identity has since been revealed. Meanwhile, the hospital which the lady in question works for has released a statement.

According to Where Is The Buzz, the viral TikTok video was initially posted by platform user Danesh. In the clip, Sarah Jane Comrie can be seen screaming for help as she attempts to block a young Black man from taking his Citi Bike. The duo can be seen arguing incoherently in the video. A bystander can also be seen in the background, asking the young man to give the bike away to Comrie. However, he argues saying that the bike was already rented to him on his account.

Later on, another bystander asks Comrie to take another bike which she eventually agrees to do.

Throughout the video, one can see the hospital PA allegedly fake crying. A person in the video can also be heard accusing her of doing the same. He can be heard saying- “how you stop crying? Not a tear came down, miss.”

The viral TikTok video was posted on Twitter user @Imposter_Edits’ account. The video had amassed over 13 million views at the time of writing this article.

As the video began making its rounds online, internet sleuths claimed that the lady in question was another hospital employee. Several people began sending hate towards her until the real perpetrator came to light.

Who is Sarah Jane Comrie? Medical practitioner garners backlash after video goes viral

According to NYC Health+ Hospitals’ official website, Sarah Jane Comrie is a Weill Cornell Medical College graduate where she studied to be a physician assistant. She completed her undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University in 2011.

According to her bio, she specialises in Internal Medicine. Netizens are endlessly flooding the internet with details about her employment so that she can be held accountable for her actions.

Netizens have also relentlessly attacked her online. A few reactions to the viral video read:

Bellevue Hospital releases statement after video goes viral

After Sarah Jane Comrie was exposed for being a Bellevue Hospital employee, the medical organization was forced to release a statement in regards to the matter. They apologized for the incident and claimed that they were looking into the situation. Their statement read:

The lady in question has not released her own statement after garnering immense criticism online.

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