Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. could face the death penalty if convicted of putting heart-stopping drugs in patient IV bags
A Texas doctor allegedly injected poison into IV bags, causing the death of a fellow physician and cardiac emergencies in 11 other patients, at a Dallas facility in retaliation for a medical misconduct probe, federal court papers allege.
Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 59, was arrested Sept. 15 — one week after the Texas Medical Board yanked his license after a string of healthy patients suffered mysterious and life-threatening complications during routine surgeries from May to August. None of the patients were under his care.
“Respondent’s continued practice of medicine poses a continuing threat to public welfare,” the board wrote in its suspension order.
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