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A teenager whose IV bag was allegedly poisoned by a rogue anesthesiologist on a revenge mission was left fighting for his life and foaming at the mouth.

Jack Alderstein, who was 18 at the time of the incident, went into cardiac arrest during routine nose surgery at Baylor Scott and White SurgiCare in August 2022.

Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 61, went on trial on Wednesday accused of tainting IV bags with dangerous drugs at the hospital in Dallas, Texas.

Alderstein, now 19, said that he thought he was going to die

Eleven patients are alleged to have suffered cardiac arrest after having been administered bags that were tainted by Dr. Ortiz. 

Dr. Ortiz was allegedly driven to poison the IV bags out of a desire to take revenge against the hospital, which was subjecting him to a disciplinary investigation over his poor performance. 

The 19-year-old recounted how he woke up 36 hours after his surgery in the ICU, feeling 'out of it,' and believing he was going to die.

Alderstein's surgeon, Dr. Thomas Hung, also testified on Wednesday afternoon, explaining to the jury how a routine surgery - one he'd performed innumerable times - took a dramatic turn for the worse. 

The teenager's surgery was for his broken nose, an injury he'd sustained in a motorbike accident, and was only supposed to last two hours.

Dr. Hung testified that after a fresh IV bag was administered mid-surgery, Alderstein started foaming at the mouth. 

The surgeon also said that there were also grave complications of excessive bleeding and extreme blood pressure.

At that point, Dr. Hung testified, another doctor entered the room and recommended swapping out IV bags, based on an accident a week earlier.

A minute after the new IV

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