A former anaesthetist has been jailed for life for intentionally poisoning 30 patients, 12 of them fatally.
Frédéric Péchier, 53, was convicted Friday at the end of a four-month trial in the eastern city of Besançon.
In one of France’s biggest ever medical malpractice cases, Péchier was found to have introduced chemicals like potassium chloride or adrenaline into the infusion bags of patients.
His youngest victim, a four-year-old child, survived two cardiac arrests during a routine tonsil surgery in 2016. The oldest victim was 89.
“You are Doctor Death, a poisoner, a murderer. You bring shame on all doctors,” said prosecutors last week. “You have turned this clinic into a graveyard.”
