A pregnant woman was allegedly raped by her anaesthetist during a C-section.
Giovanni Quintella Bezerra, 32, was arrested on suspicion of rape after he was secretly filmed putting his penis in the woman’s mouth after he heavily sedated her at the Hospital da Mulher in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro.
Mr Bezerra only completed his medical training in anaesthesia two months ago, The Sun reported.
Hospital staff were reportedly worried about the amount of drugs he was giving to his patients so fitted a secret camera to see what he was up to.
They were horrified to see him sexually assaulting the woman as other doctors performed the C-section on her less than a metre away behind a surgical curtain.
Woman assaulted for 10 minutes by anaesthetist
He reportedly assaulted her for almost ten minutes.
Clovis Bersot Munhoz , president of Cremerj Clovis Bersot Munhoz said the alleged attack was ‘absurd’.
The Health Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the Secretary of State for Health said: ‘We inform you that an internal investigation will be opened to take administrative measures.
‘The Hospital da Mulher team is providing full support to the victim and her family.
‘This behaviour constitutes a crime, which must be punished in accordance with the legislation in force.’
Police are investigating whether the anaesthetist has other victims and praised hospital workers for noticing his odd behaviour.
