Doctor in Texas suspended after a tainted IV bag led to a colleague’s death, NBC News reports Video showed the doctor warming up IV bags that were later found to have “tiny holes in the plastic wrap” and to contain an anesthetic that was not on the label.
File image of an IV bag (KPRC 2/Canva)
The Texas Medical Board has suspended an anesthesiologist who is under investigation for his possible connection to a “tampered” IV bag that led to a colleague’s death in northern Dallas.
Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz is the subject of an “ongoing criminal investigation” related to the June 21 death of Dr. Melanie Kasper, 55 , according to the order of temporary suspension the board’s disciplinary panel issued Friday.
Kasper, whom the board referred to as a “fellow physician,” took a “tampered IV bag home with her when she was ill, to rehydrate,” the suspension order said.
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