History
2021: Death of a child in a clinic as a result of inhalation anesthesia
In the Samara region, a criminal case was opened after the death of a child in private dentistry. This was announced on August 10, 2021 in the regional Investigative Department of the TFR.
According to the investigation, on August 8, 2021, in one of the private dental clinics in Togliatti, a girl born in 2011 was treated with caries using an inhalation anesthesia apparatus. After the anesthesia was turned off, a violation of the heart rhythm was recorded in the child. The resuscitation measures carried out did not give a result, clinical death was recorded.
According to the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Samara"," a 10-year-old girl died, who, along with her dad, came from Kazakhstan Togliatti to stay with her relatives. Upon arrival, the baby got a tooth, but she was panicked by doctors, so it was decided to go to a private clinic. At about 4 pm on August 8, 2021, the girl was taken to the office for surgery, after which, as relatives noted, the doctors began to behave very strangely. Soon it turned out that the girl had died. In September 2021, the schoolgirl was supposed to go to the third grade.
The investigation of the criminal case took control of the regional prosecutor's office. It verifies compliance with federal health legislation. The criminal case was initiated on the grounds of the corpus delicti under Art. 109 of the Criminal Code (causing death by negligence). On behalf of the prosecutor of the Samara region Sergey Berizhitsky, an audit of all the circumstances that could lead to the death of the child in a private dental clinic in Togliatti was organized.
The incident occurred at the 32 Karata clinic on 60 Banykina. The medical institution does not comment on the situation.
A similar case previously occurred in Samara. In the private dental clinic "Practice-Samara," an anesthesiologist-resuscitator performed a general pain relief procedure for a five-year-old child and introduced him into a state of medicinal sleep. After the boy was given a number of drugs, his heart rate was disturbed. Doctors tried to resuscitate him, but the child died. According to the investigation, the boy died due to damage to the anterior wall of the trachea as a result of the negligence of the doctor.[1]