A North Texas doctor was found guilty by a jury of putting poison in IV bags which led to several patients going into cardiac arrest, and one female doctor dying.
A Texas doctor who was dubbed a 'medical terrorist,' was found guilty of injecting heart-stopping poison into IVs at his former medical clinic in North Dallas. FOX 4 in Dallas reported that a 12-person jury found Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz guilty on all 10 counts after nearly seven hours of deliberation. When the verdict was read, Ortiz was reportedly wearing a mask and showed no emotion. As a result of Ortiz’s action, several patients suffered cardiac emergencies and Dr.
Federal prosecutors said the anesthesiologist committed the shocking crimes at Baylor Scott and White Surgicare North Dallas in retaliation for a medical misconduct probe. A criminal complaint accused Ortiz of injecting nerve blocking and bronchodilation drugs into patient IV bags. Surveillance video showed the doctor placing an IV bag in a stainless steel warmer outside an operating room on Aug. 19, 2022.
Ortiz was convicted of four counts of tampering with consumer products resulting in serious bodily injury, one count of tampering with a consumer product and five counts of intentional adulteration of a drug, prosecutors said. Ortiz is expected to be sentenced in two to three months. He faces up to life in prison. Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace contributed to this report. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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