Friday, September 12, 2025 - A married consultant anaesthetist has admitted leaving a patient under anaesthetic mid-surgery to have s3x with a nurse in another operating theatre, a medical tribunal has heard.
Dr Suhail Anjum, 44, was working at Tameside Hospital in
Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, when he was discovered
in a “compromising position” with an unnamed nurse by a colleague in September
2013. The tribunal heard that Dr Anjum had asked another nurse to monitor the
patient while he took a short break, but instead went to another theatre where
he engaged in s3xual activity with the nurse, identified only as Nurse C.
A colleague, referred to as Nurse NT, told the General
Medical Council (GMC) she was shocked to find Nurse C with her trousers down
while Dr Anjum was tying up his. The patient remained stable throughout the
operation, and no harm was caused. However, Dr Anjum was absent from the
theatre for around eight minutes before returning.
The incident was later reported to hospital management.
Representing the GMC, Andrew Molloy said Dr Anjum did not dispute the facts and
admitted his actions could have put the patient at risk. He has since left
Tameside Hospital and moved back to Pakistan but told the Medical Practitioners
Tribunal Service (MPTS) he hopes to resume his career in the UK.
Appearing before the panel in Manchester, Dr Anjum described
the incident as “quite shameful” and accepted full responsibility. “I let down
everybody, not just my patient and myself but the trust and how it would look.
I let down my colleagues who gave me a lot of respect,” he said. “If my doctor
had gone away without telling me… this breaks me to pieces every day when I
think about it.”
He added that he wished he could reverse his actions,
calling it a “one-off error of judgment,” and apologised to everyone affected.
He explained the incident took place during a stressful period in his personal
life, following the traumatic premature birth of his youngest child earlier
that year, which had taken a toll on his marriage, mental health, and work.
The hearing will continue on Friday, September 12, when the
panel is expected to consider whether Dr Anjum’s fitness to practise was
impaired by misconduct.
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