The unnamed 45-year-old is accused of injecting patients with potassium. His motive is unclear GETTY IMAGESAn anaesthetist is facing charges of poisoning seven patients, two of whom died, during operations in France. Christine de Curraize, the state prosecutor, said that the 45-year-old, who has not been named, allegedly had tried to cause heart attacks in patients having routine operations. A lawyer for the doctor said that he denied wrongdoing and believed that the accusations were “astonishing”. Police launched an investigation after two patients had a heart attack during operations in January.

Source: The Times March 08, 2017 00:00 UTC