A doctor who was sacked after leaving a patient in the middle of an operation to have sex with a colleague is at "very low risk" of repeating his serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has ruled.

Consultant anaesthetist Dr Suhail Anjum and an unnamed nurse were caught in a "compromising position" by a shocked colleague at Tameside Hospital in Ashton-under-Lyne in September 2023.

Nurse C's trousers were "around her knee area with her underwear on display", while Dr Anjum was "tying up the cord of his trousers", another nurse at the hospital told a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing.

The consultant anaesthetist had asked another nursing colleague to monitor the male patient, who was under general anaesthetic, telling her he needed to go to the bathroom.

But instead, Dr

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