INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES – A consultant anaesthetist has admitted engaging in sexual activity with a nurse while a patient lay sedated on the operating table.
The incident took place at Tameside Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne in September 2023 but has resurfaced during a fitness to practise hearing in Manchester.
The case is back in focus because Dr Suhail Anjum, who had been living in Pakistan, has applied to work again in the UK. The General Medical Council referred the matter to the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), which must now decide whether he should remain on the medical register.
“Nurse C’s trousers were partly lowered and Anjum was seen tying up his scrub trousers.”
The revelations have sparked outrage over professional misconduct and prompted debate about whether criminal charges could also have applied.
Incident at Tameside Hospital
Dr Anjum, 44, was overseeing five operations in theatre five at Tameside Hospital on 16 September 2023. Midway through the third procedure, he asked a colleague to cover for him, then left the patient under anaesthetic to meet another nurse in a separate theatre.
According to Metro, a staff member walked in on Anjum and the nurse, referred to as ‘Nurse C’, in a compromising position. Nurse C’s trousers were partly lowered and Anjum was seen tying up his scrub trousers. He returned to the patient after about eight minutes.
Although no harm came to the patient, the GMC’s lawyer Andrew Molloy told the tribunal that Anjum’s behaviour had ‘the potential to put his patient at risk’ …
