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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. Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz was convicted in April on five counts of intentional adulteration of a drug, four counts of tampering with consumer products resulting in serious bodily injury and one count of tampering with consumer products. Leigha Simonton, U.S.
A lab analysis of the IV bag used during the teen’s procedure allegedly found evidence of a drug cocktail that included a nerve-blocking agent, a stimulant and an anesthetic. Prosecutors said at trial that Ortiz injected saline bags used for the IV drips with epinephrine, bupivacaine and other drugs before placing them into a warming bin to be used by colleagues.
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