French doctor accused of poisoning patients in resuscitation scam

An anesthetist in the French eastern city of Besancon is suspected of poisoning patients during surgery to trigger heart failures and then heroically bring them back from the brink of death. Prosecutors allege Dr. Frederic Pechier failed on nine occasions and people died. Investigators have found evidence linking Pechier to 24 out of 66 suspicious incidents at the clinic where he practiced.