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Doctors on trial in case of radiation overdoses
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September 25, 2012, Tuesday
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TWO doctors and a radiophysicist went on trial yesterday on manslaughter charges arising from radiation overdoses given to nearly 450 cancer patients in a French hospital.
At least seven people died as a result of overdoses administered to patients at the Jean Monnet hospital in Epinal in northeastern France between 2001 and 2006.
At least 24 people treated between May 2004 and August 2005 received 20 percent more radiation than they should have had due to a calibration error.
Another dysfunction led to 424 people being overdosed by between eight and 10 percent in the period spanning 2001 and 2006. Many of the victims were being treated for prostate cancer.
Scores of victims are due to testify through October 31, some by video-link because they are too ill to attend court.
"We want the guilty to be punished, I don't want my three sons to suffer the same fate," said plaintiff Michel Houot.
The two doctors, Jean-Francois Sztermer, 64, Michel Aubertel, 62, and radiophysicist Joshua Anah, 54, are accused of involuntary homicide, not helping people in danger and destroying evidence.
Three health executives also face charges of failing to help people in danger.
At least seven people died as a result of overdoses administered to patients at the Jean Monnet hospital in Epinal in northeastern France between 2001 and 2006.
At least 24 people treated between May 2004 and August 2005 received 20 percent more radiation than they should have had due to a calibration error.
Another dysfunction led to 424 people being overdosed by between eight and 10 percent in the period spanning 2001 and 2006. Many of the victims were being treated for prostate cancer.
Scores of victims are due to testify through October 31, some by video-link because they are too ill to attend court.
"We want the guilty to be punished, I don't want my three sons to suffer the same fate," said plaintiff Michel Houot.
The two doctors, Jean-Francois Sztermer, 64, Michel Aubertel, 62, and radiophysicist Joshua Anah, 54, are accused of involuntary homicide, not helping people in danger and destroying evidence.
Three health executives also face charges of failing to help people in danger.
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