A doctor who took his girlfriend into an operating theatre to watch him perform surgery may be disciplined by Chinese University of Hong Kong and Prince of Wales Hospital.
The hospital said yesterday that Professor Alex Fan Hoi, an assistant professor in the university's department of opthalmology and visual sciences, broke the rules when he took the woman into the theatre without permission to watch him conduct an emergency corneal transplant on April 24. His girlfriend is a postgraduate student at CUHK.
There were three other medical staff members in the room.
A hospital spokeswoman said visitors were allowed into operating theatres 'but only for teaching or research purposes, and after obtaining permission from both the hospital and the university'.
She said the hospital was considering whether any disciplinary action should be taken and contacted Chinese University for follow-up action.
The girlfriend neither touched the patient, nor was she involved in the operation, she said.