Surveillance footage of Raynaldo Ortiz allegedly placing IV bags into a bag warmer released

Raynaldo Ortiz, an anesthesiologist, is part of an ongoing criminal investigation into serious cardiac complications suffered by patients at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas and the death of 55-year-old Melanie Kaspar, another anesthesiologist at the facility.

The Texas Medical Board said Kaspar used an IV bag from the facility, where Ortiz was seen on surveillance footage placing IV bags into a warmer outside operating rooms. According to the board, lab tests of IV bags from the warmer showed they had been tampered with and not labeled to reveal they contained bupivacaine.

Two surveillance videos of Raynaldo Ortiz allegedly placing IV bags into a bag warmer was introduced into evidence at a detention hearing on Sept. 19, 2022. The footage was released to The Dallas Morning News by the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas.

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