Chinese surgeons punished for taking group snaps beside patient during operation
Several surgeons at a Chinese hospital have been punished by health officials after taking group photos in an operating theatre - while a patient was still undergoing surgery.
There's a time and a place for a jolly group photo ... and the operating theatre, when an anaesthetised patient is still being sewn up, probably isn't it.
Several surgeons and nurses at a Chinese hospital have been punished by health officials after taking a series of snaps showing themselves posing alongside a patient undergoing surgery.
Public anger was sparked when one of the doctors posted five of the pictures from the hospital in Xian, Shannxi Province, online, according to the Xian Evening News.
In one of the snaps, doctors and nurses link arms next to the unconscious patient and grin behind their masks, while two others continue to finish the procedure.
Another shows the group making "V for victory" signs, while a third clearly shows the unconscious patient, with one of the snap-happy doctors holding up an intravenous drip bag.