The Click Times: The Texas Medical Board said that a Texas doctor was suspended and under investigation by the federal government after many of his patients experienced major cardiac issues, including one fatality.
The board determined that Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. would be a danger to the public’s health and safety if he continued to practice medicine.
According to a news statement from the board, board personnel learned from federal law enforcement on September 8 that Ortiz is a subject of an inquiry involving grave cardiac problems and the death of one patient.
The patient passed away while Ortiz was employed by Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas from May through September 2022, according to an interim order of suspension the board posted.
In accordance with the documentation pertaining to the suspension, Ortiz was seen putting individual IV bags in a warmer in a corridor outside of operation rooms on security footage at Baylor Scott & White. A patient experienced a significant problem shortly after.
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On June 21, one of the IV bags was taken home by a different doctor to rehydrate. The docs state that as soon as she placed the IV in her vein, she experienced a major cardiac episode and passed away. Her accidental bupivacaine poisoning was determined to be the cause of death by the Dallas Medical Examiner.
When lab bags were inspected, it was discovered that the plastic wrap covering the bags had holes in them. Despite being improperly labeled, they tested positive for bupivacaine.
When the leftover medication in the patient’s IV bag was analyzed, it was discovered that comparable medications that shouldn’t have been there having been present in another patient who was otherwise healthy and had experienced a catastrophic cardiac episode during routine surgery.
According to the board, Ortiz obtained his license in February 1991 and practices anesthesia in the Dallas region. Although Ortiz is a member of Garland Anesthesia Consultants and cites anesthesiology as his area of expertise on his public profile, he is not board-certified. According to the board, Ortiz broke many rules of the Medical Practice Act. Unless he opts to waive it, he will receive a 10-day notice before his interim suspension hearing
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