Anesthesiologist Arrested for Tampering with IV Bags

[@zencat55]

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.

[@KillerAJ]

It's a major red flag.

[@nalinea18]

An animal is (relatively) helpless against you. So is a person under anesthesia. Attacking one is a sign of cowardice and malice.

[@theplane]

Yes I read once that the ASPCA exhisted before protections for children, I know odd right? Anyway when they were called to a home for suspicion of cruelty to animals they started to notice a correlation to the care of children in the household, ie: filthy, unkept, frightened and malnurished. So they began to notify the health department to give them a heads up so they could find a reason to check on the children. Hard to believe he got away with this behavior for so long. Too bad there is not a way to sue the medical board for gross incompetence and have the members removed and new members placed.

[@dinahsoar6982]

And often there is a mental disorder too.

[@stevengraham3138]

Why did he do this? To murder people

[@maryem8263]

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

[@J383n]

Especially since harming animals is a precursor for hurting humans... If that doctor hurt my dog, he'd be needing a doctor himself!

[@j.ksmith7432]

ONLY cats or dogs? What about other animals?

[@AnnSmajstrla]

I know!! I have three cats, and if anyone did ANYTHING to harm them I would demand legal consequences! & like this case, people who are cruel to animals often go on to harm people - so IMO it’s best to ensure they face consequences EARLY.

[@sallyshipwreck4315]

It's because animals are property.

[@vbuffy5952]

The Texas Medical Board needs to be held accountable.

[@FireVixen164]

Oh wow, aren't they the same ones that let Dr Death keep operating for so long??

[@davidohara7669]

@@FireVixen164 Yep

[@alcyone-rising]

yes for this and other issues

[@kimlandefeld3005]

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.

[@nephron9924]

No... They value the cash the doctor brings to the facility. Nothing else

[@jer6162]

How are you going to feel if he is innocent and it was someone else doing it

[@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank]

In Canada it's the same. Only we also take the cast offs from other countries when they aren't allowed to practice there.

[@FLSonshine]

@@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank "Practice " is an euphemism for the actions of this "doctor."

[@ironrose888]

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

[@xniks101x]

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.

[@intrepidtomato]

Wow. Unbelievable. Dude needs to be in jail and never leave.

[@MNP208]

One news story mentioned he had been let go from a different facility. I'd like to know what happened there.

[@bradleywilliambusch5198]

Even with this explanation which explains the why, it still is so hair brained a plan that it makes no sense.

[@opheliapain3398]

I don’t believe that. This man is doing intentional evil work!

[@agentbobbarker]

Sick sources bro.

[@buropinto8744]

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

[@frostar701]

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

[@thatonedog819]

...so cleaning, cooking, child rearing, family management....

[@autumnm2075]

I am sorry for your loss and for the pain you went through with the legal system.

[@FatherDuck80]

I don’t blame you one bit. I’m currently helping someone through a lot of these medical improprieties and criminal malfeasance. The hospitals are aware of their crimes and the move they send people to the other side the more $ subsidies they receive. These mother f-ckers need to go to prison and be put on d--th row. This is plain outright m-rder and this sh-t has to stop.

[@cinemacritic2715]

God bless you. How dare anyone place a $0 price tag on anybody. I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@kimlandefeld3005]

Can't blame you. That's what makes this so unusual. The doctors and nurses usually PROTECT each other. In this case, I do believe they really didn't like him to begin with. He wasn't a very nice person. But, that shouldn't be the standard of oversight. Medicine is a very tight 'clique'.

[@claudiacables1764]

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

[@ET-hc4wl]

What can you do as a patient if you feel uneasy?

[@pembrokelove]

I’m also a nurse and was nearly killed by a surgeon who was intoxicated. Because I was a nurse, when I came out of my coma the nurses spoke freely in front of me. It was awful how many people knew what was going on.

[@Jade-5713]

@@pembrokelove Omg that’s horrible ! I hope you’re doing ok now

[@pembrokelove]

@@Jade-5713 well, they thought I’d only live about a year because of the catastrophic nature of my injuries… that was in 2010, so they can all suck it. 😹😹😹

[@fallen605]

Your name is beautiful so beautiful nurse's never get listen to but the Dr will blame you my mum was a rn what you guys do is amazing I'm so sori everything that has been happening to you guys Dr don't care about them anymore but thank you so very much

[@letabranch7459]

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!

[@cassiefriedman1446]

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

[@susanpalochak5088]

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

[@ericagomez-trevino6458]

As someone who has worked in Texas hospitals for almost 20yrs, it always comes down to MONEY. MDs in the OR and CathLab generate large revenue. Admin isn’t going to mess w money flow if they can help it. A sociopathic MD is “bad” for business. Can’t have that on the local news. Hospital PR /lawyers know how to keep things quiet. It’s truly disgusting

[@christi8488]

@@ericagomez-trevino6458Exactly ! If you suspect something and reported you usually get labeled instead of really investigating the issue. It's all about making money.

[@jonitherrien7632]

Yes that Dr Death did work at one of the Baylor Hospitals!

[@davidohara7669]

Texas good old boys. Hello, Ted Cruz. and the governor is real piece of work.

[@CH-px1fw]

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.

[@todydn]

As a person whis disabled been fucked around for 5 years by invompetent drs leaving me in pain and imobility my confidence in people in the medical field is quickly waning the last pain management i went to asked for a u.a. and i dead ass said after as much as you drs have fucked up its not me who needs to earn your trust its the other way around. You seem to care so spread the word this kinda fuck shit is exactly why people dont and shouldnt trust drs

[@wandamusictube]

@@todydn What is a "u.a."

[@todydn]

@@wandamusictube urinalasys piss test for drugs

[@Gurlhmong]

I agree! I work in the surgery field and it’s is VERY uncommon to need CPR while under anesthesia… unless it’s a major trauma or major cardiac surgery.

[@MistySprinkle-f4y]

😮😳 thank y’all for clearing that up. I’m naïve enough to believe y’all were routinely unalive and realiving folks in the O.R.

[@davidvarner4089]

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.

[@MNP208]

I read this story and it makes me so sad. 😥 As a RN, I can only imagine the stress the staff experienced wondering what they did wrong - to cause a cardiac arrest in an 18 year old. Remember the oncologist (Dr. Farid Fata) from MI who was treating patients who were cancer - free? That one was a case of greed. What's wrong with these MDs! What the general public doesn't realize is that you pretty much have to kill someone to get fired in health care.

[@SolomonUcko]

Whenever there's money involved, there will be people trying to game the system...

[@MNP208]

@@SolomonUcko Cheating people out of their money is one thing. Treating them with unnecessary chemo, that could potentially take their lives, is another.

[@JaimeDornanLady]

As for “having to pretty much kill someone to get fired in healthcare,” that’s simply not true. It may be a lot more so for MD’s, but it’s definitely not for RN’s, LPN’s, & techs. I’ve seen some fired for very simple things. For some, it’s just because someone in one Dept. didn’t like them. Maybe that’s changed during COVID, but before that, colleges were producing more RN’s than there were jobs for around here, making it easier to let someone with a long work hx (thus, hire salary & older) be fired & to replace those pple. w/new grads. or those with only a couple years experience to pay a much lower salary.

[@ctran1955]

The last statement is much more true about the doctors lol, especially specialty. I’ve heard of many getting away with some crazy shit. Definitely nothing the rest of the commoners in healthcare would even think of doing

[@Rooted_Locs]

I feel you! As an RN myself, your heart sinks when your patient starts to crash…you can spent hrs, days, and months wondering if you did something wrong, to imagine it was a colleague?

[@karenswartz8280]

The Texas Medical Board needs to be brought up on charges of negligence and malpractice.I wonder if they could also be brought up on other charges, like negligent homicide or accessory. As for the doctor, I feel like his actions were totally retaliatory in nature, and he’s a whack job. He must have had some really good attorneys to convince the board to impose such minor restrictions and fines for his previous offenses. What a sociopath, and most likely a narcissist too.

[@mariyamirochnik6235]

As someone who works in mental health, I wonder when and what happened to this anesthesiologist psychologically that motivated him to do this. I wonder if the medical board will face charges as well for allowing this person to practice medicine after doing so much harm.

[@Eve90]

He may have full blown narcissistic personality disorder and sociopathic tendencies. It explains his ability to go undetected for his mental illness as people just thought he was a typical type A personality and as an anesthesiologist he doesn’t interact with patients much so he didn’t have a lot of exposure on how he treats people in the hospital.

[@1houndgal]

Psychopath.

[@pamelamorris3148]

The board won't have any issues since his personal life has abs nothing to do with his work life. If he shot a dog with a pellet gun because it was a threat, then he would not have any issues with the medical board.

[@TheodoreRizzo]

To me he’s a serial killer and what’s more scary I’ve been inpatient at this hospital in Grapevine Texas

[@raybod1775]

Nothing happens, psychopaths are born that way.

[@michaelclennan8425]

The Texas Medical Board is protecting all doctors.

[@divadory1110]

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!

[@smokeykitty6023]

Whew...😮

[@jewel1953]

He worked for Baylor Scott and White which is a statewide hospital/clinic. The main one is in Temple, TX where I go. The 6 Baylor Scott and White hospitals around Dallas have been sold due to this crazy story coming out. He was immediately fired and now facing the criminal procedures. He has tampered with IVs before.

[@femalephobia]

I hope they get him🤯

[@jewel1953]

@@femalephobia let's hope he gets an appropriate sentencing.

[@randallsmerna384]

Before? Wow!

[@jeffkoe310]

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

[@msp_isyourteacher6139]

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.

[@michaelmarshall6726]

The Texas board of medicine sounds like an" ol' boys club" everyone wants to be a part of a club. The Texas board of medicine should be held liable for negligence. Throw em all in jail..

[@MiikeyLawless]

Uh all of them are. There are countless accounts of physicians being shielded by hospitals and boards for negligence. Its only when it can't be swept under the rug or blamed on another member of staff that they are forced to act. It's a huge structural problem in hospitals. That said, the overwhelming majority of physicians are great and truly wish to help people. I think the litigious nature of our society also plays a huge role in this structural issue. Also the shortages and all that jazz. Its a mess.

[@randallsmerna384]

Actually surprised more victims don't hold Smith & Wesson court procedures.

[@emiliolarrazabal5360]

Such a tragic loss for the anesthesiologist who lost her life 💔

[@pamelamorris3148]

She should have never left the hospital with any medications or supplies from the hospital. It's sad that it happened but she should have not done what she did. She could have administered a bag at work during her lunch time or at the minimum had another employer do it.

[@Drualeaf]

@@pamelamorris3148 Stop trying to justify what that asshole did to her.

[@fiercecoffee1634]

@Pamela Morris You are correct; however, I’d argue that she would have likely still died even if it was done in the hospital, unless someone got to her in time and was able to assist. Still, who knows.

[@grannygoes]

And now he has been convicted in Federal Court.

[@powellkatie123]

this is like that doctor with the special on Peacock Chris somebody that was mutilating patients for years and the board did nothing. they always protect the doctor even when they’re harming people

[@BarelySaneGenius]

Yeah that doctor was literally experimenting on people

[@ocdinterrupted5858]

That was also in Texas 🤨🥹

[@lisamay4376]

The doctor on trial sounds like a sociopath!

[@ChrisCapoccia]

? why would anyone feeling "dehydrated" take an IV home instead of just drinking water? this is a really bizarre story with so many levels of crazy

[@joywebster2678]

Short cut that works fast. Most get one in in the hospital before heading home. Arrogance toluft a few bags and self administer.

[@ninibren]

There are companies now that will give you Iv cocktails if you have the flu or a cold.

[@ChrisCapoccia]

Ok, but it's still dumb. Firstly people should be drinking water throughout the day. And if they're thirsty, drinking water at the end of the day will solve that problem too

[@aremayo9262]

An absolute failure of the legal system and the medical board. There should be a mandatory disclosure to the medical board from the police station/courts for medical professionals who have criminal/civil charges.

[@patealabazajian3820]

Like you, I’ve never understood how Drs and/or pharmacists ruin EVERYTHING they worked so so hard for. Mind blowing 🤯

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

It's not that hard. Education is not enough to suppress the shadow self. We see this a lot in politics. Look at the sheer number of people in authority even some with high level security clearances engaging or attempting to engage in illicit behavior with young children, for example.

[@patealabazajian3820]

@@nsudatta-roy8154 we can agree to disagree. The education and training of a Dr does not compare to a politician.

[@MNP208]

@@patealabazajian3820 Dr. Oz???

[@liv0003]

@@patealabazajian3820 being academically high educated does not make you a trustworthy or morally respectable person.

[@hydrohasspoken6227]

Ever heard about mental diseases mate?

[@teresamcg431]

The series The Good Nurse on Netflix was similar about the ICU nurse who injected random IV bags with Dig & insulin. Prior hospitals let him go because they had suspicions about so many patients dying, but none of the hospitals would take the initiative to look into him because it was easier to let him go than dealing with the potential liability of the hospital.

[@aqualife88]

Lol and then we have thousands of students who genuinely want to be good doctors not being matched each year...

[@MNP208]

I've worked with a lot of MDs (and other health care staff) There is as much mental illness among them as the general population.

[@misteewaspi5612]

Sadly this is so true ….

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

Discharging a firearm in public per se is a felony, for the most part, in many states. Shooting a neighbor's dog in the course of a public discharge with malicious intent is a felony.

[@DrCellini]

And you can still see patients!

[@MNP208]

Right, but it IS TEXAS! Anything goes with guns there.

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

@@DrCellini That's just insanity, doc! One of the things we've learnt in the last 2yrs as it relates to licensed HPs is that the "system" doesn't care to not do harm, so on some level it's fitting to see this physician transgress to the degrees that he has and still keep his license.

[@dm622]

@@MNP208 I don't recall hearing that they let him off the hook for reckless endangerment/animal cruelty...so might want to revise that statement.

[@katesmiles4208]

As if it isn't hard enough getting out of hospitals in one piece. Now the anaesthetists are poisoning the IV bags.

[@beth-bi9yv]

This is so frightening, both on the patients and and the staff's side. The hospital is already a terrifying place for patients coming in and getting, often life altering operations, they shouldn't have to worry about the people they have to trust, purposefully hurting them. Also, I'm a nurse, I hang dozens of in fluid bags a shift....the fear of hanging one someone tampered with and thus resulting in my patients death is a horrifying thought.

[@christi8488]

I'm a RN and get terrified to be hospitalized. I had lost trust in the medical field almost since I started working and realized what's really going on behind curtains.

[@conniebaker1958]

He took a oath to no harm. Very sad😢

[@casselfriemel]

The TX Medical Board also dropped the ball on Dr. Duntsch - which makes this even more disturbing.

[@MNP208]

I forgot about him!!!

[@mariyamirochnik6235]

Dr.Cellini, does this mean that before undergoing any procedure, patients should start to conduct background checks on all providers they are schedule to see?

[@pizzapartytime1826]

Maybe… do they have rate my doctor like they have rate my professor.

[@belgadog99]

@@pizzapartytime1826 yes, rate my md ! type in where is the dr located, male/female ? what specialty ? and for sure, the name of the dr !! It is also available as: rate my veterinarian, rate my dentist..

[@joywebster2678]

In many cases the name of your anesthetist isn't known to the patient until the anteroom of the OR. How would you run a check then? Often you see one of the many anesthetist in the pre op clinic a month before but that's not "your" assigned provider.

[@tehmightymo]

Isn't Baylor Scott and White the same hospital that "Dr. Death" was operating out of? Really not a good track record.

[@christinarichardson7772]

You would think after everything that happened with Christopher Duntsch the Texas Medical Board would handle these types of concerns more seriously….

[@Drewcooks24]

I work at a hospital in Texas I heard about this early last week from a coworker I thought it was crazy. I feel bad for all the victims

[@janhatcher6991]

Aren't we thankful we have cameras everywhere? I honestly cannot believe that an anesthesiologist after many years of training would result to this type of behavior. I hope he spends many years in prison where he belongs.

[@lightandsymbols1111]

Doctors have so much power in their hands and the faith and trust of their colleagues and patients. It is so horrifying that a doctor with vengeance, narcissism and cruelty could do this and harm his patients and profession. He must have been violent at home for his exes to need to escape him.

[@neikkafranklyn7142]

When I was a surgical nurse, I worked with a vascular surgeon, a very competent surgeon who was abusing intravenous Demerol. He was temporarily suspended, came back to work with his license reinstated but within 3months was abusing again. Still got his license reinstated. This man did this 7 times and is still working today

[@shawn40041]

Evidently he shot the neighbor's dog with a pellet gun (non-fatal), so it was a misdemeanor. If the dog had died, it would have been a felony. Also, there's an environment that allows physicians to get away with all kinds of things because everyone is so afraid of making waves or hurting the physician's reputation or their own. Twice in the past few years I've seen older Docs with blatant cognitive and neuromuscular problems continue to practice/do surgery and nobody will speak up. At least from the nursing side (I'm an RN), everyone's afraid of getting blacklisted as "That Nurse." Fear of repercussion is real.

[@MNP208]

Same for Urgent Care.

[@Ms.Opinionated]

I saw this story last week and it infuriated me! 🤬

[@DrCellini]

Same

[@09gamecock]

I am so glad you covered this thank you!

[@wynemawalker]

Although this is completely messed up, it isn't the only screwed up thing that has happened in the last few years here in DFW. You should look up about the "Forest Park 21"- one of them was my pain management doc and he was sent to prison thankfully!! Crazy here in Dallas-Ft. Worth ugh ...

[@teriwilliams4404]

I had 3 surgeries at this place. I am lucky to be alive. Thank you, Lord!

[@katmd405]

Wow, that Dr needs to loose his medical license. Is there any way patients can look up Dr. who have issues like this? There should be.

[@jessicas2379]

In Toronto Ontario there was an well liked anestheoigist that was sent to jail because of inappropriate physical actions he would do to the women while under. I believe there was one women who came out of sedation and saw him doing the inappropatie things. You can probably find the articles about it. He would put his privates on women and stuff like that. Surgeons didn't see cause of the curtain they put up. I think a nurse caught him one time. This was several years ago.

[@thebelissima64]

A similar case just happened in Brazil. The anesthesiologist would over medicate women who were having a C section in order to engage into his disgusting behaviour. The nurses got suspicious and decided to hide a cell phone in a cabinet and everything was recorded and he got caught. I also read about a case that happened in the US when a patient was awake for 16 minutes during surgery. After the medical team realized what had happened, not only the anesthesiologist gave him the drug to sleep but also something else for him to lose his memory! The latter was discovered when the patient’s family took legal action and another doctor reviewed the report.

[@jessicas2379]

@@thebelissima64 woah that's quite the story!

[@melissasullivan5899]

Holy cow!😮

[@violette4841]

A male nurse in the UK actually raped women after injecting them. It isn't just a doctor thing. He was married to a doctor though.

[@MrGivmedew]

@@thebelissima64 I’m not sure if the loose your memory thing sounds as bad as it does. That might be the norm. It actually sound’s necessary. I’ve had over 100 surgeries and I did wake up from one. I don’t remember anything at all. They just explained what happened and why I had an injury on my arm. If you wake up during a surgery and you can remember it could be traumatic… FOREVER. I think the use of propofol and certain benzodiazepines are for this exact reason. In fact there are some producers where they need to be able to interact with you but you don’t remember that happening. I’ve had those. I’ve had one where they did something to wake me up and I remember them asking questions (this was for a neurostimulator to ensure it was placed properly). I’ve had (4) neurostimulators including the original trial which is where they only place the lead itself and not the implant. I only remember being woken up one time. But they woke me on at least all 3 of the full blown surgeries. So amnesia is on purpose on normal. Hell they probably already gave him some of the medicine anyways.

[@johncloptop1585]

That MF is still alive?!

[@lizacash5287]

Thank you for enlightenment the awareness. I love your shows.

[@kate0173]

Really weird things were happening at that hospital. Why would a doctor take a bag of iv fluids home and administer to herself? I have never heard of such a thing. Why didn't she just drink water (with a little salt in it)? Or there are outpatient clinics that give iv fluids, iv vitamins.. I'm sure she could have afforded it. The accused anesthesiologist sounds like an exceptionally angry, sinister guy who needs to be locked up. Why didn't the hospital catch this sooner if all those young persons had adverse events?

[@evano8312]

Might have been hungover tbh

[@harismohammad2005]

Their are such things as IV bars for drunk people that they go to when they are hung over, it may well be that she after work went for a night out and self administered her own IV fluids, not something I would do myself but people do it for reasons such as this.

[@intrepidtomato]

My GP offered me an IV once when I had a bad stomach bug and was woozy, but needed to recover soon for an exam (as a student). I can see how a doctor would just self administer something like that.

[@MNP208]

@@intrepidtomato Right, but the point is... she should have used her own stock of saline.

[@MNP208]

We had to lock up our normal saline in my clinic. The stock would disappear over time.

[@BN-cr5bh]

Between Christopher Dutsch and now Raynaldo Ortiz…Baylor and the Texas Medical Board look like straight up 🤡

[@ccharles848]

This man had so many red flags in his history! I work in a children’s hospital in Southern California and we have detailed background checks done upon being hired and annually. If that hospital had done background checks, they may have chosen not to hire that monster!!!

[@donvin999]

You should take the time to listen to the Dr. Death podcast. It deals with a spine surgeon in Texas, you will see how hard it is for a physician to lose their license to practice.

[@cathyellington7599]

While working on the hospital I saw Drs. Give information that wasn't true to get a patient transferred. My husband's cancer Dr. At Stanford told me when he found out where I worked that he was very familiar with the hospital I worked at. He said when we get a call from ????. We cringe because we never know what we are going to get.

[@yellowdog2181]

Something similar happened here in Ct , someone was replacing liquid fentanyl with water during surgical procedures, she went to jail I believe

[@szsvatek]

Are issues with physicians published anywhere? Any consequences issued by the TX Medical Board posted anywhere? If not, why not? In this situation, if Ortiz is found guilty, the TX Medical board should be sued.

[@sherrydawson6253]

Wow. Just a accusation of a posability a Doctor maybe tampering with IV bags should immediately of had him suspended till further investigations are done. I'd think just his domestic violence 🤔 would of been reported to the boards. I think after the 2nd case of cardiac arrest in a otherwise healthy pt would of been reported . Yes why would a doctor risk that? In my city we've had several doctors that red flags came up. But our medical boards are far to Forgiving and either they ignore it or just a slap on wrist of proven allegations . Takes a ton here for a doc to even get a temporary suspension. I find these stories very interesting. Please keep us posted.Love all your podcasts and videos. R.I.P. precious lady. I am glad they found out what killed her. Prayers to her family.

[@xplicitgoofy1015]

For Texas they don’t care about domestic violence you can shoot anyone in Texas and the law will always be on your side unless it somehow disobeys what they stand for

[@-Seasons-]

I always found medical boards to be pretty forgiving. But not “beat 3 women and shot a dog because the owner testified against me” forgiving. Might be some reforms if he’s found guilty and was going out of his way giving people heart attacks. Probably not though…

[@suzannekaram1995]

You are right about the lack of action by the Texas Medical Board!!

[@tullochgorum6323]

This is shocking - in the UK any physician convicted of a serious violent offence will be urgently stripped of their license. It's bizarre that this man (who has since been convicted) was still allowed to practice after convictions for repeated domestic violence and imprisonment for shooting a neighbour's dog in a dispute. How can they leave him in charge of vulnerable patients? Bizarre and frightening. Lawsuits incoming...

[@suemilkbone4868]

In the U.S, we do not have universal health care like the U.K. Therefore, physicians are incredibly valuable to the health care system because without physicians, money does not come in. Patients, on the other hand, are a dime a dozen, so to lose a few is nothing to them. Hence, physicians are protected at all costs.

[@Scar-jg4bn]

Healthcare is all about money in America, not patient or staff safety. Physicians can get away with basically anything due to the money they bring in, especially Physicians whose specialty is largely procedure based.

[@fightingblind]

should be charged with manslaughter and several counts of attempted murder.

[@j2zel]

So many red flags and yet no accountability. Are we really that in need of doctors that we're willing to keep ones like this licensed?

[@frostar701]

It’s June 2024 and just a few months ago and Oritz was found guilty on all counts, what i would like to know but cannot find is how his surviving victims are doing and if they are suing him and /or the medical center where all this took place.

[@Pathologymadesimple]

When a person kills an innocent animal that is more than an evidence that he has no humanity and very dangerous to the society.

[@xxBorn2Bluvd89xx]

This is scary 😮

[@bibleloreyt]

Funny how you've posted this right as i'm about to start my Anes rotation

[@vClasia]

RT here...couldn't imagine why the board didn't catch on early

[@DrCellini]

x2

[@MNP208]

Right?!?

[@jongnicoline3988]

Very hard to wrap ones head around it indeed

[@MegH2488]

Sounds like a new season of “Dr Death”

[@MNP208]

Sad, but true

[@Sickworld96]

Worst kind of crime. What if this is happening to your family member ,and multiple nurses and staff collude to cover it up

[@ypcomchic]

The doc put a lethal dose of epinephrine in the IV bags.

[@MsPea]

This is so scary. Patients are at the mercy of the medical professionals during surgery. Doctors are trusted. To know that a medical professional, whether doctor, nurse, or whoever, might tamper with an IV this way is frightening for patients. No wonder patients don't go to the doctor for fear they will be harmed.

[@maryem8263]

Doctors are not God. Some are messed up humans like the rest of us…this one obviously takes the cake though.

[@glynisansara]

I had a strange incident. After a routine procedure lasting only about 20mins I was woken by the anaesthetist screaming in my face and shaking me roughly. She immediately started screaming at me accusing me of lying to her. Apparently my oxygen levels had fallen dangerously low and she accused me of being a smoker and not telling her. I then was taken up to the ward where I had a nurse seconded to me and put on oxygen. She told me to “fess up” to my smoking so clearly she had ranted and raved to the staff. I have never smoked one cigarette in my entire life, after caring for 4 members of my family who died from emphysema. I was so shaken up that I never complained but I am now left wondering what happened and if anaesthesia could be dangerous to me. Also when I insisted that I had never been a smoker surely she should have suggested that I follow it up with a physician. Her belligerence was astounding and I was in private healthcare paying an arm and a leg. I have wondered if maybe she was covering up some mistake as she seemed to be panicking. Any thoughts from a medical person?

[@monasi9448]

Look up Secondary Smoking. I wonder if that might be your situation. Stay well. All the best.

[@lmiller1413]

Careful reporting on this, may cause the Dr retaliate against you.

[@kateysandon]

OKAY 😤 this man SHOULD HAVE BEEN put in jail and lost his Medical license the minute he was found guilty of shooting his neighbors dog! SMH 🤦‍♀️

[@natsutter]

Dr. Duntsch also got away with waaaay too much before finally being arrested because the Texas Medical Board was not acting on the reports that were being made by fellow doctors in the Dallas area

[@MNP208]

Did anyone report him to Medicare? Would it have mattered if they had?

[@natsutter]

@@MNP208 Medicare moves very slowly majority of the time. There is a podcast called Dr. Death and several documentaries on Dr. Duntsch. It’s horrible what he did and how the medical board failed to act

[@MNP208]

@@natsutter Yes, I listened to that a while back. Same with nursing. It takes a long time to get an impaired nurse off the floor. 😥

[@dianebrady6784]

Sue for wrongful death

[@jimbelter2]

And yet in TX a woman cannot undergo an abortion to save her life. If she does she will go to jail. If she goes through the steps to make it happen, it'll be such a long legal battle that both lives will be lost before the case is decided. Pathetic

[@kateysandon]

Insane!!

[@theropesofrenovation]

So why aren't the patient's informed of a bad doctor's practices?????????

[@imlistening1137]

I was supposed to have a procedure there last month… I was sick and had to reschedule it.

[@waterfirelord]

as a person who tool health care law at a local community college, they have to have papers track, proof that any healthcare person did something wrong in the workplace, plus they can't just say that someone did some things wrong. Also the state board needs alot of papers have, the steps are so alot to go through.

[@waterfirelord]

also its hard to figure out how they did the things before, during, after the event.

[@waterfirelord]

Also they can pass the mental test to keep thair career and lic because they know the mental question;.

[@shirl974]

Unbelievable

[@dinahsoar6982]

This guy is evil..I can't think of any other reason for him tampering with IV bags..one person died and other patients were affected. They have him on video...they have plenty of evidence against him..he needs to go to prison.

[@lrx54]

It takes an incredible amount of evidence before a medical board will take action, and discipline the doctor. The same is true for attorneys, although I digress. In Michigan, a doctor caused several fatalities (over rxing opioids). They suspended his license for 6 months. The doctors simply move to another state or return to practice to kill more people. What I found very weird/crazy about this story is the doctor who took IV bags home to “rehydrate”. This is crazy!

[@mustangnawt1]

Terrifying all these Docs & Nurses. Their employee records should all be public, so should cops. Animal cruelty should be a friggin Huge Felony

[@jillthompson4280]

I have been a nurse since 1992 and not ever have I thought to steal an iv bag and tubing from the warmer and iv start kit, and start an iv on myself to run iv fluids, to hydrate myself at home. I would drink water. Simple as that. I am sure everyone in Texas knows who he is and have heard about his dangerous behavior as doctor, as a neighbor and his marriage.

[@gkimunge]

Taking iv bags for hydration by nurses after a night out is nothing new..

[@kimlandefeld3005]

I'll answer his question about why any doctor would throw away a career they worked hard for. The facts of the matter are that these types of people are lauded, given immense power over vulnerable patients, and even ENCOURAGED to ignore patient consent in favor of their 'education' by giving unnecessary intimate exams to patients under anesthesia. They are TRAINED not to care about the patient. To look at them as just a body. They created this monster by encouraging callous, self-centered behavior. They enabled him to 'take it to the next level' by ignoring his prior bad acts. In fact, they REWARDED him for the behaviors with their stupid 'reprimands' of piddly amounts of money. And the worst part is even if they DID take away his license, he could still get it back in a couple of years. Their system of 'justice' isn't justice for patients AT ALL.

[@lynntisbert4243]

This is EXACTLY why I insist on seeing an MD and not a midlevel DO like 'Dr' Ortiz

[@RosesRblue66]

The best doctor I ever had, that literally saved my life due to his persistence in trying to solve the reason for my health issues, was a DO. So I really think it depends on the individual.

[@ross-smithfamily6317]

I see cruelty etched in the lines of the face of Dr. Ortiz. After the multiple violent acts against women and violence, how did this man still get to practice medicine?

[@iashakezula]

In LA ASC , we cant use that kind of fluid warmer to warm IV fluid.Only irrigation saline .I also ask Why..this anesthesiologist is crazy . I think all those victim should sue the facility.

[@fortunado66]

OK, this is probably beside the point, but how the hell did a doctor decide to simply take home a bag or two of IV fluid for personal use. What kind of hospital is this? I'm a healthcare professional in a large hospital, and this type of loose use of supplies would not be possible in my hospital. It indicates a lack of over-sight that allowed a killer to operate with impunity.

[@edwardherrera846]

The toxic dose range depends on the concentration of the local. Most common concentration for bupivicaine is 0.25% so for a 70kg patient the max dose would be closer to 70-80cc. 0.5% would be half that. Don’t know where you got 28cc.

[@robert039]

It’s 1%

[@edwardherrera846]

@@robert039 what is 1%? You don’t list any info other than saying “1%”.

[@tolaizard]

As soon as I heard that one of the victims was an anesthesiologist; I thought that he did that for revenge. I went off on a tangent thinking that maybe they were involved romantically and she sped him or he wanted her and she sped him and he knew that she irregularly stole IV bags for whatever cosmetic reasons or any time after she would get drunk, so he just spiked a bunch of bags, hoping that one day she would pick up a bag that was tampered with, and it would harm her. And then to find out that he was having some actions taken against him from the hospital for his negligence my thought is that maybe he thought she was somehow involved and wanted to take revenge on her or just take revenge on the hospital and she was a victim because she used their bags.