Unconditional fan or detractor, this will constitute another piece in the thick dossier of Professor Didier Raoult.
The disciplinary chamber of the Order of Physicians rendered its decision this Friday: it imposes a reprimand on the director of the Mediterranean Infection University Hospital Institute (IHU), considering that he had violated the code of medical ethics by making an intense promotion of hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19.
The sanction could range from a simple warning to a delisting, including a reprimand or a temporary ban on practice.
A complaint filed by the Order of Physicians
The Bouches-du-Rhône Order of Physicians and the National Council of the Order of Physicians (Cnom) lodged a complaint at the end of 2020 against the Marseille infectious disease specialist, accusing him of having encouraged the Covid to be treated with hydroxychloroquine "Without established scientific data", which is akin to "charlatanism", said the rapporteur of the disciplinary chamber during a hearing on November 5 in Bordeaux, disoriented far from Marseille.
He was also accused of having taken "reckless risks" by treating patients with this treatment "not proven by science", she added.
As expected, no motivation was given for the decision of the disciplinary chamber, composed of eight doctors and chaired by an administrative magistrate.
Present at the beginning of November before the chamber out of “respect for this institution”, Didier Raoult, retired since August 31 as a university professor and hospital practitioner, felt “not concerned” by possible “sanctions”.
He had defended "the success" of his treatment combining hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat Covid-19 patients, despite the lack of proven effect even today.
In addition to this procedure, Professor Raoult is also targeted, with the IHU he created in 2011, by several other surveys on the conditions under which the institute conducted its studies around the Covid.
Hydroxychloroquine has not been authorized in France to treat patients with coronavirus since May 2020.
