Texas Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. Accused Of Killing Coworker With Iv Drip Has A Disturbing Story
On September 9, the Texas Medical Board suspended the license of Dallas anesthesiologist Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 59, referring to an ongoing investigation into “serious cardiac complications and death of a patient” at Baylor Scott & White Surgery between May and September. . Ortiz is accused of tampering with the facility’s IV bags. The board’s suspension decision alleges that surgery center surveillance footage showed Ortiz “depositing individual IV bags on the heater in the room outside the operating rooms” and that “shortly later a patient would suffer a serious complication....