Federal agents arrested a Texas anesthesiologist accused of tampering with IV bags that led to a colleague’s death and sparked a series of operating room emergencies, officials say.
She died after using an IV bag she had from the clinic where she and Ortiz worked. Kasper had taken the bag “home with her when she was ill, to rehydrate,” the suspension order said.On or about Aug. 24, an 18-year-old male patient"experienced a cardiac emergency during a scheduled surgery" as the teen had to be"intubated and transferred to a local ICU," federal authorities said in a statement.
There were 10 other"additional unexpected cardiac emergencies" at the center between May and August of this year and none of the incidents happened during any of Ortiz's surgeries, officials said. Then an hour later, a"56-year-old woman suffered a cardiac emergency during a scheduled cosmetic surgery after a bag from the warmer was used during her procedure," federal officials said.
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