Anesthesiologist is found GUILTY of turning patients' IV bags into 'poison ... trends now The Dallas anesthesiologist accused of poisoning IV bags with dangerous drugs has been found guilty in federal court. Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 61, reportedly showed no emotion as the verdict was read Friday, in Dallas's Earle Cabell Federal Building following a less than monthlong trial. A colleague's death spurred the doctor's downfall - after she took home one of the tainted bags to treat her dehydration and suddenly died. Cardiac emergencies in 11 patients also caused cops to hone in on Ortiz, who now faces 190 years in prison. The strongest evidence, one juror said, was video of the accused filling syringes with multiple drugs the day of one of the victims' operations - the very same drugs he had been accused of injecting into IV bags. An anesthesiologist testified that there is no reasonable explanation for the actions seen in the footage. The doctor who died's widower said one of the agonizing moments of the trial was seeing this newly released video, which prosecutors said proved Ortiz repurposed the bags into 'poison bombs', designed to explode on unsuspecting people. Scroll down for video: The doctor accused of poisoning IV bags with dangerous drugs was found guilty of four counts of tampering with consumer products resulting in serious bodily injury, a count of tampering with a consumer product, and five counts of intentional adulteration of a drug in court Friday Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., 61, reportedly showed no emotion as the verdict was read Friday, in Dallas's Earle Cabell Federal Building following a less than monthlong trial. 'Him filling the syringes in the pre-op room, you can transpose what he did to Jack that day, to my wife. Tough to see,' John Kaspar, spouse of the late Melanie Kaspar, told Fox 4 following the verdict, referencing the video taken the day before 18-year-old Jack Adlerstein received one of the tainted bags. 'Him filling the syringes in the pre-op room, you can transpose what he did to Jack that day, to my wife. Tough to see,' he added, after Adlerstein's doctors testified he nearly died on the operating room table. Ortiz is seen putting the syringes into his pockets in the clip - one of several shown to jurors throughout proceedings in Northern Texas District Court. Others showed Ortiz placing IV bags into a warmer minutes before they were used, and just before a patient suddenly went into cardiac arrest. Others showed Ortiz looking on as victims were wheeled out by emergency responders, while others show him fiddling with vials of drugs and IV bags before big operations. In one, Ortiz walks around the hall outside the OR while looking to see if anyone is watching, before opening a warmer to briefly look inside ang shut it again. The US attorney's office for Northern District of Texas said that in each case, not long after the footage was taken, the bags were carried into operating rooms where patients experienced complications. The strongest evidence, one juror said, was video of the accused filling syringes with multiple drugs the day of one of the victims' operations - the very same drugs he had been accused of injecting into IV bags, seen here An anesthesiologist testified that there is no reasonable explanation for the actions seen in the footage The doctor who died's widower said one of the agonizing moments of the trial was seeing this newly released video, which prosecutors said proved Ortiz repurposed the bags into 'poison bombs', designed to explode on unsuspecting people 'Him filling the syringes in the pre-op room, you can transpose what he did to Jack that day, to my wife. Tough to see,' John Kaspar, widow of Melanie Kaspar, said, referencing the video taken the day before an 18-year-old received one of the tainted bags and nearly died The video was one of many shown to jurors throughout proceedings in Northern Texas District Court, which began toward the start of the month, on April 3 In one, Ortiz is seen watching as a 57-year-old patient is wheeled out by paramedics in the midst of her medical emergency, after fiddling with one of her IV bags Shortly before, he was filmed taking drugs out of the medicine cabinet, taking a bag out of the warmer, and then coming back to put it back, in the fridge where prosecutros the poisoned bags were regularly kept Pictured, the Earle Cabell Federal Building in Dallas, Texas, where proceedings concluded Friday after less than two weeks Kaspar, spouse of the late Melanie Kaspar, is seen here exiting the courthouse Friday following the verdict, which was reached after about seven hours of deliberations While all smiles , he said he still did not have closure after losing his spouse to Ortiz's antics, telling reporters: 'There's no closure. My best friend is gone' He added of the disgraced doc: 'I don't think he ever looked me in the eye [during the proceedings]' His wife Melanie Kasper was the only person to die as a result of Ortiz's tainted bags, after administering herself with one she took home from work in June 2022 after feeling dehydrated Dallas police went onto an investigation into the death of the 55-yearold, before eventually honing in on Ortiz and the 11 other nonfatal incidents Surveillance video introduced into evidence at Dr. Raynaldo Ortiz's trial shows him retrieving IV bags from the warming bin and replacing them shortly thereafter, not long before the bags were carried into operating rooms where patients experienced complications. [No audio.] pic.twitter.com/wScGP7SVsE — US Attorney N. Texas (@NDTXnews) April 12, 2024 One of these plagued patients was Adlerstein, whose parents were told he had just a 50/50 chance of surviving when he went into cardiac arrest during routine nose surgery at Baylor Scott and White SurgiCare in August 2022. He did survive, the administrator at the Baylor Scott and White Surgicare testified - before recalling how the cardiovascular crisis, like several others, came during a routine outpatient procedure 30 minutes after an IV bag was taken into the OR. 'We were perplexed because the incidents were happening under different doctors and nurses,' said Ashley Burks, as prosecutors produced clips of Ortiz checking on the IV bag warmer moments before another blowup later that month. Choking back tears as she spoke, she recalled how the hospital had repeatedly had equipment tested, but could find no source for the repeated failures. Citing a slew of near-deaths seen between May and August 2022 specifically, she said: 'We were desperately trying to figure out what was going on.' After the testimony, prosecutors had the the witness walk jurors through a clip that showed Ortiz approaching the warmer where the alleged poisoned bags were put to either check on them or take bags in or out. Burks testified that soon after, she and other officials looked at the IV bag and found a hole in it. 'We were stunned,' she said of the discovery that soon led cops to the seasoned anesthesiologist. Pictured, Baylor Scott and White SurgiCare, where 11 patients suffered cardiac emergencies while under Ortiz's care Among them was 18-year-old Jack Adlerstein, who went into went into cardiac arrest during routine nose surgery at Baylor Scott and White SurgiCare in August 2022 He survived, after his parents were told he had just a 50/50 chance of surviving, prosecutors said Ortiz was convicted of four counts of tampering with consumer products resulting in serious bodily injury, one count of tampering with a consumer product and five counts of intentional adulteration of a drug, prosecutors said. A sentencing date has not yet been set for Ortiz, who faces up to 190 years in prison. 'Dr. Ortiz cloaked himself in the white coat of a healer, but instead of curing pain, he inflicted it,' U.S. Attorney Leigha Simonton for the northern district of Texas said in a video statement. Prosecutors said that evidence presented at trial showed that numerous patients at Surgicare North Dallas suffered cardiac emergencies during routine medical procedures performed by various doctors between May 2022 and August 2022. During that time, an anesthesiologist who had worked at the facility earlier that day died while treating herself for dehydration using an IV bag. Prosecutors said Ortiz, who was arrested in September 2022, had surreptitiously placed the tainted IV bags into a warming bin at the facility and waited for them to be used in his colleagues' surgeries. Evidence presented at trial showed that at the time of the emergencies, Ortiz was facing disciplinary action for an alleged medical mistake made in one of his own surgeries, prosecutors said. More to follow... All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility