An anesthesiologist from Texas prepared deadly “cocktails” for patients (4 photos)
Reynaldo Ortiz injected patients with a lethal mixture through an IV at a Dallas hospital. Due to the actions of a “medical terrorist,” a doctor died and several people ended up in intensive care. 
After deliberating for nearly seven hours, the jury found the anesthesiologist guilty on all 10 counts. Ortiz wore a mask and showed no emotion during the sentencing.
As a result of Ortiz's actions, several patients suffered heart attacks and Dr. Melanie Kaspar died, prosecutors said.
An anesthesiologist at Baylor Scott and White Surgicare administered nerve blocking and bronchodilator drugs into the IVs. 
On Aug. 19, 2022, surveillance camera captured Ortiz placing an infusion bag in a storage locker next to the operating room. A few minutes later, another health care worker removed the package, and soon after, the patient suffered a heart attack.
Ortiz's colleague, anesthesiologist Melanie Kaspar, took a bag of solution home June 21 to recuperate from her illness.
Almost immediately after the IV was administered, she had a heart attack and died.
An autopsy revealed that she had been poisoned by bupivacaine, a painkiller that is rarely used during surgery.
The court heard from anesthesiologist John Kaspar, the husband of the deceased, who discovered that the bags were punctured, as well as a teenager who suffered cardiac arrest during a nose operation. 
According to reports, from May to August 2022, 13 patients at the clinic experienced heart attacks.
Ortiz was placed in custody prior to trial. It turned out that in 2015, he shot a neighbor’s dog out of revenge, and was also previously charged with domestic violence.
The offender faces life imprisonment. 
Melanie Kaspar with her husband John
