A criminal investigation has been launched against a French doctor over the poisoning of 17 people in France. Frederic Pechier, an anaesthesiologist, has already been investigated for seven other cases of poisoning, in total leading to nine deaths, the BBC reported on Thursday. “There is a possibility that Pechier committed those poisonings but this hypothesis is nothing but a hypothesis,” said Borgne. This week he was questioned by police about 66 cases of cardiac arrest during operations on patients who were considered low risk. The latest accusations are from these cases, involving patients aged four to 80.

Source: The Hindu May 17, 2019 03:33 UTC