Anesthesiologist Arrested for Tampering with IV Bags

A Dallas anesthesiologist has been arrested on allegations of purposely tampering with IV bags, leading to the death of one of his coworkers and injuries to several people.

The Justice Department announced federal criminal charges against Oritz for allegedly injecting bupivicaine into patient IV bags, leading to the death of a co-worker at a surgical center, along with cardiac emergencies for multiple patients, according to a press release from the U.S Attorney's Office.

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[maryem]

I wish harming a dog or cat was a felony. In my state it’s only a misdemeanor. RIDICULOUS.

[ironrose]

I’m a survivor of a doctor’s medical neglect. I’m grateful to still be alive even though I still have medical challenges.

[zencat]

Throughout my life I've found that people who are cruel to animals are also cruel to people. It seems to go hand in hand.

[kimlandefeld]

These reprimands are USELESS. They give them out specifically because they value the doctor and their education MORE than they care about the patients who are harmed.

[vbuffy]

The Texas Medical Board needs to be held accountable.

[xniksx]

I did some research on this case, the Feds believe the reason why he messed with the IV bags was in retaliation due to the hospital investigating him after one of his patients stopped breathing during a procedure. So he was trying to sabotage other anesthesiologists. At one point a nurse brought him an IV bag that he knew he tampered with and he tossed it out and refused to use it on his patient.

[CH-pxfw]

As an anesthesiologist, I cringed when you said that it isn’t that uncommon for a patient who revived anesthesia to need CPR!!?? Friend..NO! Just no! Irresponsible. PSA: it’s uncommon to need advanced life saving measures while under anesthesia.

[frostar]

This just tripped me; my 1st wife was killed by medical neglect. The doctor lied to me about what happened. i hired a firm to seize the records to lean the true cause & it was discovered that they attempted to change the medical records to hide it, but they forgot to delete the original ones. You can only sue for lost income and as she was a house wife I got nothing but a bill for $300, 000 for finding the truth. That was 20 years ago & I still have fears of the usa medical system as well as nighmares

[letabranch]

It appears to me that the doctor’s inner rage was more powerful than his license. He needs to be fully investigated! And, so does the medical board!

[buropinto]

What does it take to disqualify a lawyer or Judge with obvious conflicts of interest....

[claudiacables]

As a former RN, I can tell you that provably many of the nurses that work in that OR unit were suspicious of this malpractice and spoke about it but they ignored them. Happens sometimes sadly

[cassiefriedman]

How does this man have his medical license still???

[susanpalochak]

As a labor and delivery nurse that works closely with anesthesiologists and doctors of many fields I am appalled and broken hearted to hear how someone that can hurt another person. I pray for his victims and their family.

[vcolozzi]

Pretty sure Dr. Death practiced at Baylor in TX and wasn’t suspended for a very long time. You’d think the TX medical board would learn from past mistakes

[davidvarner]

I was an anesthesia technician, while he was an anesthesiologist. This was his first job after his residency.
One day we had an open heart surgery. The surgeon was in a meeting. Dr Ortiz went ahead and put the patient asleep.

[michaelclennan]

The Texas Medical Board is protecting all doctors.

[jeffkoe]

Doctors are people. They can be criminals. They can have psychotic disorders. We all hope that MEDICAL BOARDS CAN CATCH THESE PROBLEMS.

[msp_isyourteacher]

You said “sus.” LOL. I am a teacher and purposely use their lingo that annoys me frequently so they will deem it uncool and stop using it.

[divadory]

I nearly died when I saw this on the news. I used to live in Dallas and dated an anesthesiologist named Dr. Ortiz for two years. It's not the same one though!

[lisamay]

The doctor on trial sounds like a sociopath!