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‘Selfies’ turn sour

In what is thought to be a first, a Seattle anaesthesiologist has had his licence suspended for allegedly sending ex plicit ‘selfies’ and text messages during surgeries.

[s]The Washington Post[/s] reports that the hundreds of SMSes were sent during all kinds of procedures, including Caesarean deliveries, paediatric appendectomies, epidurals, tubal ligations and cardiac probe insertions.

[link url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/10/this-might-be-a-first-a-seattle-doctor-is-suspended-for-texting-and-sexting-during-his-surgeries/?tid=hp_mm&hpid=z3]Full The Washington Post report[/link]

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