Doctor Who Left Patient Mid-Operation To Have Sex With Nurse Allowed To Return To Work
Massive result for the doctor who was busted having sex with a nurse while leaving a sedated patient mid-surgery – he’s been cleared to keep practicing.
Dr Suhail Anjum, 44, and the unnamed nurse were caught shagging by a ‘shocked’ colleague who walked in on them at Tameside Hospital.
The married doctor had asked another nursing colleague to monitor the male patient halfway through the surgery while he took a break.
That break involved going into another operating theatre at the hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, where he had sex with a medic referred to as Nurse C. In total, he was gone for 8 minutes.
Fortunately, the patient came to no harm and the surgery was a success, but Dr. Anjum was dismissed in February 2024 after an internal investigation.
However, during a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing this week, it was ruled that Dr Anjum was at a ‘very low’ risk of repeating his past misconduct and decided not to sanction him.
Dr Anjum admitted his behaviour was ‘shameful’ as he gave evidence.
He said: ‘It was quite shameful, to say the least. I only have myself to blame.
‘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 also promised there would never be a repeat of a ‘one-off error of judgment’.
I think that’s fair enough, to be honest. I mean, he’d have to be a complete idiot to repeat the act again after it almost got him sacked and turned him into a national news story. By all accounts he’s a very good doctor, so all things considered, it would be shame to ban him from practicing over something that he’s basically guaranteed to never do again.
Then again, he did put a patient’s life at risk by abandoning them mid-surgery just to satisfy his sexual urges. Not to mention cheated on his wife, which is telling of his moral character although perhaps not something that should figure into professional misconduct.
Tribunal chairwoman Rebecca Miller said: ‘The tribunal considered that members of the public and the profession would understand the high level of scrutiny to which Dr Anjum had been subjected, and that a finding of serious misconduct would weigh heavily upon him.
‘The tribunal was satisfied that this public finding of serious misconduct was sufficient to maintain public confidence in the profession and proper professional standards, and that there was not a necessity to make a finding of impaired fitness to practise for that purpose.’
Maybe next time to just pop into the bathroom for a w@nk? And lock the door, just to be sure.
For the fake doctor who was recently convicted for luring men to his apartment for free genital exams, click HERE.
