A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in federal prison in a case where he was convicted of injecting drugs into IV bags, leading to at least one death.
He was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to a total of 2,280 months, which the judge ordered to be served consecutively.
Doctors began to suspect an issue with the IV bags in August 2022, after a 18-year-old patient’s condition became critical during a routine sinus surgery, prosecutors said.
Video presented as evidence also showed Ortiz “repeatedly retrieving IV bags from the warming bin and replacing them” shortly before the bags were taken into surgery, prosecutors said.
Doctors testified at the trial, noting that the medical emergencies occurred shortly after new IV bags were hung during the procedures.
Persons:
Dallas anesthesiologist, Raynaldo Ortiz, Simonton, Ortiz, Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr, Scott, Melanic Kaspar, Prosecutors, Ortiz “, John Kaspar, Fort Worth, Kaspar, ”, ” Ortiz, David Godbey, “
Organizations:
Dallas, Attorney, Northern, Northern District of, Baylor, Attorney’s, NBC News Dallas, District, Texas Medical
Locations:
U.S, Northern District, Northern District of Texas, KXAS, Dallas, Fort