Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. allegedly injected nerve blocking agents and other drugs into patient IV bags at a Dallas surgery center.
Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. allegedly injected nerve blocking agents and other drugs into patient IV bags, killing one of his coworkers.A Dallas anesthesiologist was arrested Wednesday on federal criminal charges for allegedly injecting nerve blocking agents and other drugs into patient IV bags at a surgery center, resulting in the death of his coworker and multiple cardiac emergencies, according to a release from the US Attorney's Office.
"A single incident of seemingly intentional patient harm would be disconcerting; multiple incidents are truly disturbing. At this point, however, we believe that the problem is limited to one individual, who is currently behind bars," US Attorney Chad E. Meacham said. "The Department of Justice and our indefatigable partners at the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations and the Dallas Police Department will work tirelessly to hold him accountable.
Investigators then obtained several IV bags from the surgical facility and found that two had small puncture holes in the clear plastic packaging, the complaint states. "If someone else at other than Ortiz were responsible for these events, there would likely be some video evidence of that person handling IV bags," the complaint states. "Instead, the video evidence shows Ortiz inexplicably placing single IV bags in the warmer precisely near the times of the adverse events under investigation."
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