Doctors and nurses in a gynaecology unit in Macedonia were fined after celebrating the Orthodox Christian New Year with cupcakes decorated to look like vaginas.

Bosses at the hospital in Stip fined the medics 30 per cent of their month’s salary and said their behaviour was disrespectful to patients.

The scandal was discovered when an employee posted pictures of the party on social media.

Doctors and nurses working in a gynaecology department in Macedonia were fined after they celebrated the Orthodox Christian New Year with cupcakes decorated to look like vaginas

Hospital bosses in Stip, in central-eastern Macedonia, docked the medics 30 per cent of their salary after a member of staff posted pictures of the party on Facebook

Employees were also caught drinking alcohol, which is banned in the hospital.

The medical staff’s Santa Claus hats were also said to be inappropriate.

The staff member who posted the pictures wrote: ‘We thank you for the beautiful and original muffins that were the mascot of our gynaecological and obstetric departments.

‘In addition to a long day, we managed to gather and celebrate the Orthodox New Year.’

The employees were also criticised for drinking alcohol, which is banned in the hosptial. The staff member wrote on Facebook: ‘We thank you for the beautiful and original muffins that were the mascot of our gynaecological and obstetric departments’

They were also criticised for wearing Santa hats to the party. The employee also said: ‘In addition to a long day, we managed to gather and celebrate the Orthodox New Year’

In the pictures which were posted on social media, doctors and nurses pose beside a table filled with food and drink

The decision to fine the staff was made by the hospital’s finance manager Elizabeta Paparova, along with a disciplinary committee.

Mrs Paparova said: ‘After the investigation, there was a recommendation to the director of the hospital that the doctors and the nurses seen on the pictures are to be fined.’

The gynaecology department was rocked by scandal in November last year, when a pregnant woman, 26, and her baby died of toxic shock.

Cigarettes and an ashtray were also spotted on the controversial Facebook post. This is not the first scandal that has hit the hospital. In November last year, a pregnant woman, 26, and her baby died of toxic shock