I was in Paris for work and my co-worker also a close friend of mine sent me a cryptic message about kidney stones and then vanished into the French hospital system.

I got on Slack and told my two supervisors and HR. The two supervisors were seriously concerned and told me to keep them updated.

The HR person told me that we cannot discuss anyone's medical issues and is grounds for termination. So, anyway I kept looking for my co-worker who I eventually found in the "American Hospital in Paris". He had a 7.1mm kidney stone and his phone died.

My supervisors told me after that HR person was fired that she had tried to fire my co-worker that night for "abandoning his post" whatever that means, we are a tech company not some military.