DENVER — A longtime Colorado anesthesiologist now faces manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges following the 2023 death of a patient during a routine eye surgery.
A grand jury in Douglas County elected to indict Dr. Michael Urban, 68, this week following an investigation into the death of Bart Writer. Writer stopped breathing while undergoing cataract surgery on Feb. 3, 2023, inside InSight Surgery Center’s Lone Tree facility. The surgeon, Dr. Urban, and some members of the medical team were playing a music bingo game during the surgery which Writer’s family believes caused them to miss critical signs that Writer was in severe medical distress.
9NEWS Investigates was first to report on the case back in July…