In the Parliament room of the Besançon (Doubs) courthouse, his words sounded like many punches thrown to the face “poisoner” responsible for the ordeal he experienced. Athletic physique and close-cropped hair, Kevin Bardot impresses with his choppy delivery “a coward who believes he is superior to others.” Without sparing a glance at the fallen anesthesiologist, Frédéric Péchier, accused of poisoning thirty patients between 2008 and 2017, twelve of whom died, the thirty-year-old challenged those who denigrated said patients. “redneck patient” local: “I may only come from Haut-Saône, but I was instilled with values, the courage to face everything,” said Kevin Bardot directly, this Monday, November 17.
In court, he told his side of the story. Entering the Saint-Vincent clinic for trivial ligament surgery on September 5, 2016, the 25-year-old young athlete woke up thirteen days later in the intensive care unit of the University Hospital, “installed and plugged in everywhere”. “Meanwhile, I almost died a dozen times,” enter
