Dallas anesthesiologist Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz Jr. was under investigation well before his arrest in connection with 11 patient emergencies and a doctor's death at the Baylor Scott & White North Dallas Surgicare Center.
Ortiz was accused of negligence in 2020 at a Garland surgery center where he also worked.
He was still able to practice at the North Dallas Surgicare Center where the criminal complaint against him says a similar issue happened in May 2022, involving a patient who "stopped breathing" under Dr. Ortiz's care.Between May and August of this year, prosecutors say Ortiz tampered with saline IV bags causing multiple patient emergencies.
Robert Oshel, a retired associate director from the National Practitioner Database run by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, says this case is an example of why there is too much secrecy surrounding doctor's records.
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