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Podcast: The Dallas Morning News
Episode: Dallas doctor ordered to serve 190 years in federal prison for tampering with IV bags ... and more news
Description: A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to 190 years in prison for injecting a nerve-blocking agent and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluid at a surgical center where he worked, leading to the death of a coworker and causing cardiac emergencies for several patients. The emergencies began two days after 60-year old Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr. was notified of a disciplinary inquiry into an incident during which he allegedly “deviated from the standard of care” during an anesthesia procedure when a patient experienced a medical emergency. In other news, the Plano Independent School District broke ground Tuesday on a $72 mill...