A doctor who left a patient through an operation to have sex with a nurse is at the “very low risk” of repeating his severe misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled.
44 -year -old Dr. Suhail married Anjum, and anonymous nurse was caught in a “compromise situation” by a surprising colleague, who went to the pair in the THEMSide Hospital.
Advisor anesthetist asked another nursing colleague to monitor the male patient, who was under the general anesthetic, so he could go to the bathroom.
Instead, Dr. Anjum went to another operating theater-partially used as a storage room-Eston-Ender-Lin, in a hospital in Greater Manchester, where sexual activity with Nurse C took place on 16 September 2023.
Hearing of a medical practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) was told to another nurse in the hospital that the nurse C was “shown with his underwear with his underwear with his underwear with his trousers around his knee area” and Dr. Anjum “was binding his trouser placenta”.
Dr. Anjum was absent from the operating room for eight minutes and the patient was not harmed.
The case was informed to the management and Dr. Anjum was rejected after internal investigation in February 2024.
Last week, he told an MPTS disciplinary tribunal that he wanted to resume his career in the UK and moved with his family since he moved to Pakistan, where he worked as a doctor.
Dr. Anjum promised that “one error of the decision” would never be repeated.
Giving evidence, he said: “It was quite embarrassing, at least to say. I only have to blame myself.
“I let everyone go down, not only my patient and myself but also trust and how it will look.
“I disappointed my colleagues, who gave me a lot of respect.”
On Monday, the Tribunal determined that Dr. Anjum had the ability to distract Dr. Anjum in an incident with “patients and his colleagues put his interests in front of the patient and Nurse C … and he could not be able to pay full attention to the patient’s care”.
Tribunal president Rebecca Miller said that his actions, while he did not harm the patient’s safety, “was sufficient for misconduct which was serious”.
However, she was satisfied that Dr. Anjum did not determine to repeat his previous misconduct and considered the risk of recurrence “very little”.
Mrs. Miller said: “Tribunal admitted that the public and members of the profession would understand the high level of investigation under Dr. Anjum, and that the discovery of serious misconduct would overshadow him.
“The tribunal was satisfied that this public discovery of serious misconduct was enough to maintain public confidence in profession and appropriate professional standards, and that there was no need to search for impaired fitness to practice for that purpose.”
No approval will be given on the doctor and the hearing will be re -added to Manchester on Tuesday to decide that Dr. Whether a warning is to be issued on Anjum’s registration.
Dr. Anjum had accepted to engage in sexual activity with Nurse C and knew that when he left his patient, he was “likely to be nearby”.
He also admitted that his actions had the ability to risk his patient.