Parents of a girl who died at a dentist’s appointment want to sue $ 1 million from a doctor

Daisy Lynn Torres, parents of 14-month-old, who died of anesthesia while receiving a dentist, sued him, stating that his treatment was not necessary and that their daughter was a victim of a “shocking scam.”

The girl died on March 29 2016 at the Medical Center in North Austin, Texas, where her parents brought her to treat caries, writes Daily Mail.

At the moment, her parents are suing a clinic, a dentist, an anesthesiologist, and the Texas Anesthesiology Association, trying to get $ 1 million of the claimed damage from them.

They believe that “a painful procedure was not necessary for their daughter and was aimed at receiving money by the department of pediatric dentistry”.

Daisy was sent to the clinic for the treatment of caries in six teeth, but lost consciousness during the procedure.

She died in the hospital 2 hours later due to complications from anesthesia.

After her death, pathologist Robert Williams indicated in the autopsy report that the girl did not need dental treatment.

“One can only guess why the treatment was carried out in the absence of any signs of dental disease or pathology,” he wrote in the report.

Dentist lawyer Michael Melanson in court stated that there were no visible signs of dental pathology because the dentist corrected them during the procedure.

The girl’s parents claim that the dentist and clinic prescribed painful and unnecessary procedures not only for their daughter, but also for other children. They believe that this is a kind of scam of the dentists in the region, who thus receive additional money.

Austin Dental Clinic, in turn, filed a lawsuit against the pathologist, who said that the girl did not need the treatment that she was prescribed.

The lawsuit alleges that "Dr. Williams agreed with the findings of independent experts justifying the necessity and appropriateness of the dental procedures prescribed and performed by Dr. Michael Melanson."

The pathologist allegedly agreed to make changes to his report, but then “changed his mind.”

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