A doctor has told a Los Angeles court that the "cocktail" of drugs Michael Jackson received before his death was a "recipe for disaster".
Dr Nader Kamangar, an intensive care doctor, said the star was receiving "very inappropriate therapy in the home setting, inappropriate sedatives…without appropriate monitoring by Dr Murray".
"Ultimately this cocktail was a recipe for disaster in a patient that had underlying dehydration," he added.
"There was inappropriate access to the appropriate medical equipment, a delay in calling 911 and inappropriate resuscitation, that ultimately culminated in (Jackson's) death.
"There (were) no real basic vital signs on him and this was the perfect storm," he told the court.
He later explained that the "cocktail" he was referring to was a mix of propofol and sedatives.
But defence lawyer J Michael Flanagan told him that just because there was no record of Murray charting Jackson's vital signs, that did not necessarily mean Murray did not obtain the information.
Dr Kamangar replied: "In medicine, it is essential, we cannot take care of patients if we store it in our minds, we have to document things. It allows us to take better care of patients."
He also told the court that instead of Murray resuscitating Jackson, he should have called emergency services straight away.
As the evidence was given at the Los Angeles superior court, Jackson's brothers Tito and Randy, and his mother Katherine, watched proceedings.
Murray is accused of the involuntary manslaughter of Jackson in 2009, a charge he denies.
The prosecution claim Murray administered a fatally large dose of propofol to the singer and then failed to properly monitor his patient.
Lawyers for Murray had claimed Jackson self-administered a fatal drug dose of propofol, but have now dropped that aspect of their case.
The trial is now into its third week and will continue on Monday, when the defence is expected to begin its case.
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Source: Yahoo
