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A group of doctors and nurses have been given their marching orders after an outrageous video caught them mocking a naked man lying on a surgery table.

Medics wearing scrubs can heard laughing raucously as a number of them dance around the patient, who is lying face down down on the operating table.

The footage was recorded by one of the operating team and shows other nurses and medics in scrubs laughing as they shimmy and dance around the man.

The video made its way online, quickly going viral .

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The incident took place in the clinic Santa Cruz de Bocagrande, located in the city of Cartagena, in the north Colombian department of Bolivar.

Authorities have confirmed they have since fired five workers, among them nurses and doctors, who were recorded dancing, smiling and listening to music while preparing the patient for surgery, saying the video breaks "all health protocols" currently in place.

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In a statement, clinic bosses said: "The respect for dignity of every patient is the most important thing in our clinic, therefore we strongly regret the inappropriate behaviour of those who are working as professionals in the health sector, seen in the video recorded in one of our surgery rooms".

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They continued saying five workers were no longer employed there as a result of the footage as "their actions are against the dignity of the patient and are breaking the protocols and the political values of our institution focused on the quality and humanisation of our service."

The clinic continued by apologising, adding that it is "the first time in seven years of good service that we are living a situation like this and we have taken some measures in order not to repeat these horrific acts."