Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz is accused of tampering with IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in North Dallas, leading to 11 patients suffering cardiac emergencies and the death of a fellow doctor. The defense's expert witness attempted to cast doubt on the prosecution's story.
The Dallas doctor accused of putting poison into IV bags did not testify in his own defense at trial.The defense team for Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz rested its case on Wednesday afternoon.Ortiz is accused of tampering with IV bags at the Baylor Scott & White Surgicare in North Dallas , leading to 11 patients suffering cardiac emergencies and the death of a fellow doctor.An anesthesiologist spent three hours testifying as a hired defense expert for Ortiz.
attorney Paul Coggins, who is now a white collar crimes attorney, talked about that strategy."The government never likes expert versus expert because that is almost the definition of reasonable doubt," Coggins explained.After 18-year-old Jack Adlertein nearly died, according to his doctors at the Surgicare center another IV bag with a puncture hole was found in the same warmer.That bag tested positive for epinephrine.
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