A French court jailed a former anaesthetist for life on Thursday after convicting him of poisoning 30 patients in operating theatres, causing 12 deaths, in a case that has shocked the medical community.
I heard an interview with one of the victim’s family’s lawyers on the radio last week. They described going from incredulity to shock and outrage as each case was examined in court and the defense’s tone and arguments got more and more accusatory and belligerent. The anesthetist is apparently the one common factor in all the deaths.
Of course, it’s part of their job to garner sympathy in whatever way possible.
I heard an interview with one of the victim’s family’s lawyers on the radio last week. They described going from incredulity to shock and outrage as each case was examined in court and the defense’s tone and arguments got more and more accusatory and belligerent. The anesthetist is apparently the one common factor in all the deaths.
Of course, it’s part of their job to garner sympathy in whatever way possible.
Scary stuff all around.