“You, the Arabs …”: an angevin doctor before justice

Accused of racist remarks and physical violence against a Moroccan patient, a general practitioner practicing in Angers is targeted by a criminal complaint for racism. He also appears before the disciplinary chamber of the regional order of doctors in the Pays de la Loire in Nantes, supported by the Departmental Council of the Order of Doctors of Maine-et-Loire.

The case dates back to November 16, 2023. Fatima X, “came to request the renewal of an order for his diabetic father blocked in Morocco, says he was the victim of verbal attacks of a racist nature and physical violence on the part of Dr Patrice X in his cabinet on boulevard Pasteur in Angers, ”reports Franceinfo. “You, the Arabs, the Maghrebians, you still want everything for free,” said the general practitioner, according to the statements reported at the hearing. In the process, he would have picked the complainant’s shoulder. The medical secretary would have intervened to separate the protagonists.