5 Year old in Coma after Dental Visit....

[TallCoolOne]

sounds very sketchy. why would the mother come in and find her daughter like that before the staff found her? and why would they tell her to leave the room in the first place? and what is a "storefront" dental office? what kind of dentist is this anyway? i wonder if they are even operating legally.

i hate to say this.. but preventative dental care could have probably prevented this. why wait til your kid is in pain to take them to the dentist to get their cavities filled?

............hhhmmmmmmm............. Ever heard of a toothache?

 

[ljwf22]

Dentist: 'I just want her to come back'
Says he prays for family of comatose girl

September 27, 2006
BY ERIC HERMAN, RUMMANA HUSSAINAND ANNIE SWEENEY Staff Reporters
The dentist who treated Diamond Brownridge wants his old life back -- his reputation untainted, his family safe, his patient well.
But Dr. Hicham Riba has been through too much to believe he will get it back.

Riba, 40, has seen his life capsize since 5-year-old Diamond slipped into a coma Saturday after he sedated her for a routine treatment.

"Every time you have a tragedy like this, you pray more. You ask God to help you," Riba told the Sun-Times.

"I don't think I will ever go back to a normal life after an experience like this. The media attention I've been receiving -- the thought about Diamond and her family -- makes it impossible to go back," he said.

Link: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/73324,CST-NWS-dentist27.article

 

[Masissy]

I had a friend who had a three year old in for dental work. The DDS sedated him and during the procedure he swallowed a cotton "log" (long hard piece of cotton) and died. The DDS tried to cover it up but it was caught in his throat.

 

[Annie]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/09/27/D8KDGTT80.html

Poor baby! How sad for her family!

 

[T-Rex]

"Speaking to the Chicago Sun-Times before the girl died, the 40-year- old Riba said he was traumatized by what happened. "I don't think I will ever go back to a normal life after an experience like this," he said."

Well, yeah, you killed her.

He sounds like a really nice person, but he did kill her.

 

[partyuv5]

I don't think he killed her. It's all up to the forensics.

 

[michelle]

So sad that poor baby has died.....

 

[southcitymom]

I don't think he killed her. It's all up to the forensics.

Yeah, I think there is a difference between dying while undergoing a procedure with known risks and being killed. I don't think this little girl was killed.

 

[GlitchWizard]

Yeah, I think there is a difference between dying while undergoing a procedure with known risks and being killed. I don't think this little girl was killed.

Any little thing, though, can be used to prosecute him for malpractice. I hope he properly santized every cotton swab properly. It's always a shame when true accidental deaths are prosecuted as if it were murder.

 

[southcitymom]

Any little thing, though, can be used to prosecute him for malpractice. I hope he properly santized every cotton swab properly. It's always a shame when true accidental deaths are prosecuted as if it were murder.

You couldn't be righter about this. I was a paralegal for a number of years and worked on medical malpractice suits. Many are valid, of course, but often it seems like they are filed automatically when someone dies. I will say, though, that sometimes the only way the family can get all the information and records they want whan a death occurs is to file a suit.

 

[GlitchWizard]

CNN said she had been given 3 x's the normal medication.

That's where the line gets fuzzy between murder and accident (albeit a serious accident.) I can't imagine anyone doing it on purpose - however, I can't imagine even a portion of the cases on this website as being on purpose, either.

 

[southcitymom]

CNN said she had been given 3 x's the normal medication.

I hadn't read that...certainly, that's not good.

 

[GlitchWizard]

I hadn't read that...certainly, that's not good.

True. Of course, it doesn't matter to the kid's mother WHAT was said - nothing is going to be good for a long, long time.

 

[2luvmy]

Now we to find out if it was equipment error or the doctor error.

 

[GlitchWizard]

Now we to find out if it was equipment error or the doctor error.

The only thing that information changes, is whether or not the doctor will suffer more than he already does.

 

[2luvmy]

The only thing that information changes, is whether or not the doctor will suffer more than he already does.

Knowing whether or not it was his error or equipment error assigns liability.

 

[southcitymom]

True. Of course, it doesn't matter to the kid's mother WHAT was said - nothing is going to be good for a long, long time.

Oh, God, I know. My heart is breaking for her.

 

[Becba]

:blushing: I heard it wrong. They were talking about her being given 3 different kinds of medication to put her under. Sorry. The autopsy is today.
I deleted my post in hopes it will not mess up the thread.

 

[Masissy]

She looks like "Raven" when she was on the Cosby Show. Bless her sweet heart.

 

[montana_16]

She looks like "Raven" when she was on the Cosby Show. Bless her sweet heart.

You're right! I was thinking she sure reminds me of someone. She was so cute. This is so sad. I feel so bad for her and her family.

I feel bad for the Dr. also. He must feel so bad this has happened.

I hope we learn more about the monitoring. That is bothering me .There should have been something to alert them if something was going wrong