A doctor has been arrested after allegedly filming colleagues in a staff toilet at a major Melbourne hospital.

Police allege the 27-year-old used a phone to record in a restricted staff bathroom at Austin Hospital in Heidelberg on July 3.

The device is believed to have been in place “for some time” before staff reported it, police said.

Austin Hospital, Melbourne
Police allege the 27-year-old used a phone to record in a restricted staff bathroom at Austin Hospital. (Google Maps)

A search warrant was executed at an address in Heidelberg West today.

The man was arrested and is now being interviewed.

No charges have been laid.

A spokesperson for Austin Health said it was taking the matter “extremely seriously”.

“We take the safety and wellbeing of our staff extremely seriously and recently made a formal report to Victoria Police,” the spokesperson said.

“As this matter is now with the police, we are not able to share more information about the nature of the report.”

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