Georgia Girl Dies from Anesthesia Overdose
A 5-year-old Georgia girl died after being administered a lethal dose of the local anesthesia called lidocaine in June of this year. The girl's family had taken her to Family Medical Clinic after she broke her arm in an accident. While trying to set her arm, the clinic workers gave the child too much lidocaine and she died.
As an Atlanta personal injury law firm which specializes in medical malpractice, we have seen a recent proliferation of injuries and deaths caused by improper delivery of anesthesia. Many of these injuries are caused by dentists who are causing nerve injuries by using an anesthesia called Septocaine. Our Atlanta Dental Malpractice lawyers are currently representing clients who have been injured in this fashion, either by the dentist severing the lingual or inferior alveolar nerves during the injection or by the nerves being damaged by the anesthesia itself. In either case, the nerve damage is often debilitating and permanent. This results in permanent numbness and pain in the tongue, chin, lips, cheeks, teeth and mouth.
Our firm is currently reviewing new cases involving permanent nerve damage and other serious personal injuries caused by Septocaine and other anesthetics. If you would like to discuss your case in complete confidence, please contact Robert J. Fleming directly on (404) 525-5150 or contact us online.
