A French court has sentenced a doctor to life in jail for poisoning 30 child and adult patients, 12 of whom died, reportedly in an attempt to discredit co-workers.

Dec. 18 (UPI) -- A French court sentenced a former "star" anesthetist to life in prison after convicting him of murdering 12 of his patients over a period of almost 10 years by administering substances that caused cardiac arrest or deadly haemorrhages.

On Thursday, December 18, a former anaesthetist was sentenced to life in prison for deliberately poisoning 30 patients, 12 of whom died.According to the BBC, a court in the city of Besancon in...

The youngest victim, a four-year-old, survived two cardiac arrests during a routine tonsil surgery in 2016. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A court finds Frédéric Péchier guilty of contaminating infusion bags with substances that caused cardiac arrest or hemorrhaging.