A Seattle-based anaesthetist has been suspended for allegedly “sexting” during surgeries when he should have been more closely monitoring his patients’ condition.
Washington State Department of Health claims that Arthur K. Zilberstein, 47, was sending explicit selfies and racy text messages during a variety of procedures ranging from Cesarean sections to a cardiac-probe insertion, and compromised patient safety.
Zilberstein is also accused of issuing 29 unauthorised prescriptions, having a number of sexual rendezvous at work, and examining private medical records for his own sexual gratification, according to the Washington Post.
The doctor is banned from practising medicine in Washington until the charges are resolved, with the Swedish Medical Center where he worked releasing a statement that said:
“Once we learned that the State had suspended this physician’s medical license, the physician’s Medical Staff membership and privileges were immediately suspended. We just recently learned of these allegations and are conducting our own internal review of the physician, who is not directly employed by Swedish.”
