Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz
Texas – A Dallas anesthesiologist’s license was suspended by the Texas Medical Board amid an investigation into loss of life and accidents brought on by ‘compromised’ IV baggage.
Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. is below federal investigation for tampering with IV baggage at Baylor Surgicare North Dallas, the Texas Medical Board introduced Friday.
Based on stories, Dr. Ortiz was caught on surveillance video placing IV baggage in a hotter subsequent to working rooms.
Shortly after he put an IV bag in a hotter, the affected person would undergo critical accidents, NBC DFW reported.
In late June, one other physician who labored on the identical facility took a compromised IV bag house together with her and died after having a “critical cardiac occasion.”
“[Dr. Melanie Casper] died after taking house an IV and administering herself fluids as a result of she was feeling dehydrated. She suffered cardiac arrest minutes later, a supply with direct data of the investigation mentioned.” NBC DFW reported final week.
The surgical procedure middle shut down final week after it found the tampered IV baggage and suspended Dr. Ortiz’s license.
Dr. Ortiz has not been charged with any crimes (but).
NBC DFW reported:
Every week after a North Dallas surgical procedure middle shut down after it found “compromised” IV baggage, the license of an anesthesiologist who works there was suspended efficient instantly.
The Texas Medical Board introduced late Friday it had suspended the license of Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz as a result of he “poses a seamless risk to public welfare.”
“When he deposited an IV bag within the hotter, shortly thereafter a affected person would undergo a critical complication,” the order mentioned.
Checks on IV baggage on the surgical procedure middle discovered “tiny holes” within the plastic wrap across the baggage and that they contained bupivacaine, a drug used to deal with localized ache.
“Such medicine may and can be deadly when administered unknowingly and intravenously,” the medical board mentioned in its order.
On June 21, one other physician on the facility took a “tampered” IV bag house together with her when she turned unwell and “nearly instantly had a critical cardiac occasion and died,” the order mentioned.
NBC 5 reported final week an post-mortem of the physician, Melanie Kaspar, concluded her loss of life was brought on by unintended bupivacaine toxicity, in accordance with the Dallas County Medical Examiner.
“My spouse Mel was an unbelievable particular person,” her husband John mentioned Friday. “She was beloved by her sufferers, friends, and everybody she labored with. To observe her die in such a tragic method is one thing I must reside with without end. She was a ravishing lady.”
