A jury convicted an anesthesiologist for injecting dangerous drugs into IV bags, causing one death and numerous injuries, the Justice Department said April 12. Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr., MD, 60, was ...

A Dallas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in prison Wednesday after prosecutors say he tampered with patient IV bags, injecting them with drugs that led to the death of his colleague. U.S.

Hospitals are urging the White House to help shore up supplies of IV bags after a North Carolina factory closed because of flood damage wrought by Hurricane Helene. Several hospitals have implemented ...

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas anesthesiologist was arrested on charges alleging that he injected nerve-blocking agents and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluids at the surgical center where he works, ...

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - An IV bag shortage is now impacting hospitals and people who are getting surgeries in El Paso County. It comes after Hurricane Helene caused mass destruction across much ...

Healthcare lease accounting insights: How two organizations got compliant and stay audit-ready all year long Healthcare organizations (HCOs) often hold multiple leases such as those for real estate, ...

A Texas anesthesiologist was sentenced to 190 years in prison in a harrowing case involving tampered IV bags. Raynaldo Riviera Ortiz Jr., 60, of Dallas, was charged by criminal complaint in 2022 on ...

In November, Raynaldo Ortiz, MD, a Dallas-based anesthesiologist, was sentenced to 190 years in prison after being convicted of injecting nerve-blocking agents and other drugs into IV bags at Baylor ...

The production of critical medical supplies used by hospitals nationwide is at risk due to the impact of Hurricane Helene on a North Carolina manufacturing facility. The Baxter North Cove facility in ...

The sentencing for an Raynaldo Ortiz Jr., MD, a former anesthesiologist at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas who is accused of tampering with IV bags, has been delayed for the fourth time, ...

A mislabeled overwrap and a difference of two lowercase letters on an intravenous bag have prompted a national alert after a nurse administered the medication and, 15 minutes later, the patient’s ...

North Carolina is the second state after California to ban the use of toxic chemicals in life-saving medical products. The medical industry will begin phasing out IV bags and supportive tubing ...