Juan Maeso

Juan Maeso (born in 1942) is a Spanish anaesthetist infected with hepatitis C who was sentenced to 1,933 years in prison for infecting hundreds of his patients with the virus when he injected himself with morphine before using the same syringe on his patients.

He infected 275 people between 1988 and 1997. He was sentenced to 1,933 years in prison, but the most he can serve under Spanish law is 20 years. He was ordered to pay 500,000 euros (US$680,000) to each victim or their survivors. Four of the people he infected with the virus have died.

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6657509.stm Spanish Hep C anaesthetist jailed]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051500921.html Spanish Anesthetist Infected Patients]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,,2080469,00.html Virus doctor jailed for 1,933 years]