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The Night an Operating Room Came to Michael Jackson's Bedroom

The Night an Operating Room Came to Michael Jackson's Bedroom

Sleep turned deadly: a clear IV bag fed propofol - an anesthetic meant for monitored surgical suites - into Michael Jackson’s arm in a Los Angeles bedroom, and within hours he was unresponsive and later pronounced dead from acute propofol intoxication. How did a cardiologist without anesthesia specialty end up administering a surgical anesthetic in a private bedroom, and why did ordinary pressures help make it possible?

In this episode, we follow the facts of the case as presented in official findings and personal histories…

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