Staff SACKED following Kanye West’s shock hospitalisation in LA

According to reports emerging Stateside, a number of staff members at the UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles have been fired after attempting to access data on Kanye West.

The rapper, who was admitted to hospital for sleep deprivation and exhaustion last month, is at the centre of another media storm this week after it was revealed that UCLA staff members had been dismissed for breaching protocol.

According to TMZ, staff at the well-known treatment centre became curious after the star's admission and made an attempt to access the rapper's records.

Commenting on the matter, a source told TMZ: "Kanye’s West stay at UCLA Med Center had some staffers hunting for medical info, according to multiple people at the facility."

"A slew of people couldn’t resist attempting to look at his info in the computer," the source added.

While reports are at this stage are conflicting, it has been suggested that up to a dozen staff members breached protocol during Kanye's nine-day hospital stay.