Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- A doctor left a patient on an operating table under anaesthetic to go and have sex with a nurse in another room, a medical tribunal has heard.

Dr Suhail Anjum, 44, and the unnamed nurse were caught in a "compromising position" by a "shocked" colleague at Tameside Hospital in Greater Manchester.

The incident, in September 2023, came to light in a fitness to practise hearing after Dr. Anjum - who had been living in Pakistan - applied to work in the UK again.

He did not dispute the evidence against him presented by the General Medical Council (GMC) during the hearing in Manchester, and said his behaviour had been "shameful".

The consultant anaesthetist had said he needed a "comfort break" and asked another nursing ...